{"product_id":"first-light-frouke-van-es-9789083732503","title":"First Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA literary, mythic queer love story of grief, healing and forbidden desire set in Joseon-era Korea.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs war closes in on Kiyun's isolated farm, he leaves his front door open and waits for the inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what crosses his threshold one cold autumn night is not an army. It is one of the war's wounded: a silent, fevered stranger dressed like a warrior, with a sword at his side. He should be a threat. Yet his wounds have left him unable to survive without Kiyun's care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile tending to him, Kiyun remains wary of the danger flickering in the man's eyes, where black nearly swallows the white. But as the stranger recovers, he proves disarmingly free of shame or pretence. He watches. He learns. He stays. And in the silence between them, something Kiyun had thought long dead begins to stir within him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouch becomes language. Care turns into longing, and longing deepens into a fierce, sensual intimacy neither man has words for. But the deeper their bond grows, the harder it becomes for Kiyun to keep the past buried, or to ignore the darkness that followed the stranger to his door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlending literary fiction, historical fantasy and Korean folklore, \u003cem\u003eFirst Light\u003c\/em\u003e is a mythic queer love story about grief, forbidden desire and the unexpected second chances that make life worth wanting again.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers drawn to the aching devotion of \u003cem\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/em\u003e, the sensual introspection of \u003cem\u003eCall Me by Your Name\u003c\/em\u003e, and the queer mythmaking of \u003cem\u003eThe Spear Cuts Through Water\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frouke Van Es\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9083732509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789083732503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Typefate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Frouke Van Es","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48853018738943,"sku":"9789083732503","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-light-frouke-van-es-9789083732503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}