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 has worked for the Wall Street Journal for the last four years, covering finance and malfeasance from New York City and London. Before that, he spent six years as a correspondent in the Middle East, where he covered the Arab Spring uprisings from Cairo, Tripoli, Tunis, and Beirut. He was detained by authorities in Bahrain, reported from the front lines of the Libyan civil war, and has been teargassed in raucous Egyptian protests. Bradley is a Pulitzer finalist and a Loeb winner, and also author of Last Days of the Pharaoh, a chronicle of the final days and hours of the presidency of Hosni Mubarak.

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