777 Ways

CHAPTER 1 - PROLOGUE

Park Jinyoung is a famous writer in South Korea. His books sold millions of copies in his country. His works were translated in several different languages all over the world. The prolific 25-year-old author had achieved what many in his field only dreamed to accomplish, live off his writing. He made a fortune with his own hands, his unique creativity, overzealous dedication, and luck. What his loyal readers do not know is that he had put his career on hold to execute a revenge. A revenge on the man who had caused his sister's demise. His older sister Soo-Young had taken her own life while joining a PhD program in the University of California a couple of years ago. Soo-Young was 4 months pregnant when she hung herself. Her family just learned about the child after her autopsy. None of the Parks knew the reason why the young woman decided to end her life, but a note, which Jinyoung found years after her death, supposedly clarified all his doubts regarding her suicide. As Jinyoung pretends to find inspiration for his next novel, he starts to lose himself in his own narrative, with the unconditional help of his late sister's fiancé, Jackson Wang. Sooner or later, Park Jinyoung will have to make a difficult decision, between heaven and hell. And at the end of the day, he will have to live with the consequences of his choice.

Lim Jaebeom, Jinyoung's friend and editor, is married to the publicist Choi Youngjae. The 26-year-old Korean is the one who made Jinyoung see how successful he could be. Although he's a very hard-working man, Lim always puts family and friends first, and he can't help but worry about Jinyoung's career now, since the writer decided to go through a long hiatus, leaving thousands of fans waiting for the sequel of his latest bestselling novel.

Choi Youngjae is Jaebeom's husband. The 23-year-old publicist met Lim when he started working at Team Wang. Coincidentally, he went to the same school as Jinyoung. Youngjae sounds, acts and looks like the ideal life partner. However, well, looks can be deceiving.

Kim Yugyeom is Jinyoung's cousin. Although he seems to be a 22-year-old laid-back young man, he is very generous and caring. In his family, he's the only one who knows about his cousin's homosexuality. He is also gay, and he is not afraid to stand up for what he think is right. He doesn't have a job, nor intends to go to college either. He only dreams to be a K-pop idol.

Jackson Wang is the owner of Team Wang Publishing Co., Ltd. The 26-years-old Chinese wealthy young man was engaged to SooYoung, Jinyoung's late sister. Jackson is the one who's backing up Jinyoung's revenge plan. Jaebeom and Youngjae work in his company. The company publishes original Korean works, and also cooperates with major international publishers and literary agencies to publish English, Chinese and other titles in South Korea. Jinyoung's books were all published by Team Wang.

Mark Tuan Yi-en is Jackson and Jinyoung's main target. He's a villain in the author's story, the one to blame for SooYoung's suicide. Mark is a 27-year-old American-Taiwanese bartender who makes awesome cocktails, but that's not all he is. Besides the art of serving drinks to customers, his old uncle also taught him the dangerous procedures of drug dealing. Mark was also educated in several other illegal activities. He is connected with a dangerous gangster who's in jail, but the nature of their relationship is still uncertain. Mark's life is surrounded by crime, but it wasn't always like this.

Kunpimook Bhuwakul, A.K.A Bambam, is a 23-year-old, outgoing and lively Thai young man. He is Mark's roommate, best friend and co-worker. He had a difficult life when his family moved to America, but he does not allow himself to succumb to the memories of his past. Mark does all he can to keep him off the streets.

Minor characters shall be introduced as the story develops.