{"product_id":"the-secret-of-the-green-lucia-kim-9798249115838","title":"The Secret of the Green Apples: K-Vampire Awakens in Seoul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eFantasy is not merely a refuge of escape.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a path to cleansing-\u003cbr\u003eand a gateway to a new world.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A KPIPA Translation Grant Recipient\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e(under Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**Winner of the Naver Web Novel\u003cbr\u003eChallenge League (No. 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the narrow, half-lit streets of Seoul, vampires pass among humans without a trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePascal\u003c\/b\u003e, a vampire born in Normandy two and a half centuries ago, has followed the slow drift of history into the present city. Unlike his kind, he is drawn not to blood but to human frailty-its warmth, its impermanence, its quiet courage. What binds him is not hunger, but memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world already knows its apples.\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ered apple\u003c\/b\u003e of Adam and Eve, heavy with desire and loss.\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003esilver apple\u003c\/b\u003e of Steve Jobs, polished with wealth and solitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the \u003cb\u003egreen apple\u003c\/b\u003e carried by Pascal and his companions belongs to another order entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is unripe. It resists sweetness.\u003cbr\u003eIt does not tempt, nor does it promise mastery.\u003cbr\u003eIt asks only to be held, and shared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the boundary between the human world and the vampire realm stands \u003cb\u003eMinju\u003c\/b\u003e, a high school girl who becomes a living bridge between the two. Through her quiet courage and unexpected agency, she brings back to human society the truths and forms of love that modern civilization has forgotten. Her presence guides the novel forward, infusing it with mystery and gentle revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this story, the green apple becomes a vessel for unfinished truths, for memories that refuse to settle, for a form of love that cannot mature without breaking. It binds a small community of immortals who, despite endless time, remain exposed to longing and doubt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret of Green Apples\u003c\/i\u003e is not a tale of power or conquest. It is a quiet, urban elegy-an exploration of immortality as burden, empathy as risk, and humanity as something one chooses, again and again, even when time has lost its meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers drawn to \u003cb\u003eliterary urban fantasy\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ephilosophical vampire fiction\u003c\/b\u003e, and stories where eternity does not absolve suffering, but deepens it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucia Kim,Armand Sung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249115838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Lucia Kim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450538733823,"sku":"9798249115838","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7ca4118-1017-4ff4-b51d-26b76ab6d92d.jpg?v=1777268213","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-secret-of-the-green-lucia-kim-9798249115838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}