Tears of Ice

By Yeonsang Yoon

Winter of 1593. The armies sent forth by Toyotomi Hideyoshi have taken the capital of Joseon Korea, Hanyang, within a fortnight of their arrival. The king of Joseon is pondering forming a government-in-exile in Ming China as he waits for their desperate aid at the frontier fortress of Uiju. Pyongyang, ancient capital of the Goguryeo dynasty, is garrisoned by more than ten thousand Japanese soldiers under Konishi Ukinaga while the northeastern hinterland of the kingdom is being mercilessly subjugated by Kato Kiyomasa.

But enemies from within are just as dangerous as the foreign invaders. The scion of an old royal family has sensed the opportunity to bring down the hated Joseon dynasty. He seeks to sow discord among the government, guerilla, and monk armies of Joseon, and with their new allies, the mighty Ming.

Soodol, on his quest north to the king and to his half-brother, finds himself a prisoner of his own countrymen. As his faith in his own country begins to fade, the internal threat makes itself known. While Hong battles among his monk brethren on the steep slopes outside Pyongyang Fortress, Soodol must judge whether this scion will bring about true change for the better, or destroy everything in his thirst for power.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6VNF9G1
• ISBN13: 9798181828223
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"