14 titles, most popular first
In late 1987, as South Korea is gripped by the struggle for democracy, university student Eun Yeong-ro finds graduate student Lim Soo-ho covered in blood. She hides him from the government in her dorm room, drawing herself into a story that unfolds amid the political upheaval of the time.
Lee Yoon-sung grows up in the Golden Triangle, raised by Lee Jin-pyo, a former presidential bodyguard who survived a secret 1983 mission into North Korea only to see his team betrayed and their records erased. Trained hard in combat from childhood, Yoon-sung learns of Jin-pyo's long-held plan to get revenge on the officials responsible.
Kim Je-ha, a former mercenary framed for the killing of his lover in Iraq, flees back to South Korea. To get revenge on the presidential candidate he saw order her death, he takes a bodyguard job with Choi Yoo-jin, wife of the rival candidate, and is assigned to protect her husband's secret daughter, Go An-na.
Lee Yul, the king's nephew, would rather play than study, until Yoon Yi-seo, a kind and clever girl from a noble family, scolds him for treating peasant children cruelly. Smitten, he starts working harder to impress her. But Yul's ambitious father is plotting with Kim Cha-eon to seize the throne, and a violent coup soon tears their worlds apart.
Set during the founding of the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula, this story follows the dreams, rivalries, and struggles of a mix of real and fictional figures. At its center is the young Yi Bang-won as a new kingdom takes shape around him.
In the Joseon court, Grand Prince Suyang hopes to win over the loyal official Kim Jong-seo by marrying his daughter Se-ryung to Kim's son, Seung-yoo. Curious about her intended, Se-ryung trades places with her cousin, Princess Gyeonghye, to get a look at him, and a romance begins in the shadow of their fathers' bitter rivalry.
While the South Korean president is on vacation at a private villa, three gunshots ring out in the night and he vanishes. Elite bodyguard Han Tae-kyung and his team have just three days to find him and bring him safely back to the Blue House.
Hong Tae-ra has lost every memory of her past. Determined to protect the family she loves, she climbs her way to becoming first lady, while setting out to punish the people who seized command of her destiny and turned her life upside down.
Set against major events of 1970s Korea, the story follows Baek Ki-tae, a shrewd and ambitious KCIA agent who secretly runs illegal business networks to gain power and wealth. When principled prosecutor Jang Geon-young begins investigating Ki-tae's smuggling and its ties to high-ranking officials, the two men are pulled into a dangerous rivalry.
As the Goryeo dynasty collapses and Joseon begins to rise, two close friends become enemies after a misunderstanding drives them apart. In a time of upheaval, each sets out in his own way to protect his country and the people he loves.
Mun-ju is a skilled diplomat who once served as UN ambassador, and San-ho is an international special agent whose nationality is a mystery. After Mun-ju's husband is killed, the two join forces to uncover the truth behind a deadly attack that could shake the security of the Korean Peninsula.
The moment the death of Goguryeo's King Gogukcheon is announced, a fierce battle among the tribes breaks out. Queen Woo, targeted by five power-hungry tribes, has just 24 hours to place a new king on the throne, and the race to secure her future begins.
Seo Dong-ju is the secretive corporate secretary to Chairman Cha Kang-cheon at Daesan Group. After being betrayed by the woman he loves and surviving an attempt on his life, he hacks into a huge political slush fund worth two trillion won, setting off a dangerous struggle over the hidden money.
Detective Baek Hong-suk is a devoted family man whose life falls apart when his 15-year-old daughter is killed in a car accident. Learning that her death is tied to a cover-up by powerful politician Kang Dong-yoon, who is chasing the presidency, Hong-suk sets out for revenge against the corrupt officials behind it.
