The Rebel and the Kingdom

A propulsive investigation into the wild adventures of a man determined to bring down the North Korean regime … Deeply reported and novelistic. I flew through it – Ed Caesar, author of THE MOTH AND THE MOUNTAINOne of the most harrowing and inspiring stories I’ve ever read. This book left me in tears. Hope tells this inconceivable and heart-wrenching story with compassion, humanity, and integrity – Yeonmi Park, bestselling author of IN ORDER TO LIVEThe engrossing inside story of two recent events that are jaw-dropping even for North Korea, and the obsessive man behind them … A terrific piece of up-close reportage that reads like a spy thriller but is all too real – Anna Fifield, author of THE GREAT SUCCESSORMesmerising – 5 star review, Sunday TelegraphA mystery story about an elusive human rights activist - and it reminds us all of the essential evil weirdness of the North Korean regime. Adrian Hong has disappeared, a fugitive from the FBI - but I’d wager that someday we will hear from this quixotic young man again – Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of THE OUTLIERThrilling, edifying, funny, and profound. Reading this book, I couldn’t help but feel uplifted to learn that, even in our disaffected age, there are people who are willing to give their life to a cause, whatever the personal cost – Kit Chellel, co-author of DEAD IN THE WATEROnly Bradley Hope could take us so deep into this world of diplomats, dictators, and would-be spies and achieve a book that is both utterly gripping and darkly funny. Not since Bill Browder’s Red Notice have I gone on such an exhilarating trip into the geopolitical underbelly – Zeke Faux, investigative reporter, Bloomberg News and BusinessweekA fast-paced, true-life thriller pitting a merciless North Korean state against a band of high-tech, courageous activists … thoroughly engaging … a page-turner of a spy-vs.-spy tale – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A riveting saga of one man’s unlikely crusade to free North Korea … This is the stuff great political thrillers are made of – Publishers Weekly (starred review)An expertly crafted thriller that makes you turn the page. What makes it all the more remarkable is that it’s all true. Bradley Hope is a first-rate reporter and writer, and he has found a subject worthy of his skills in Adrian Hong, a Korean American idealist who set out, improbably enough, to topple the North Korean regime – Max Boot, author of THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Bradley Hope is the New York Times bestselling co-author of Billion Dollar Whale and Blood and Oil. He is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and Gerald Loeb Award winner. Formerly a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and a correspondent in the Middle East, Hope is co-founder of Project Brazen, a journalism studio and production company. He lives in London.

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