The Red Palace

To step inside the palace is to enter a world paved with secrets—and stained with blood.

Joseon Korea, 1758. Opportunities for an illegitimate daughter are scarce, yet eighteen-year-old Hyeon has carved out a quiet place for herself as a palace nurse. She wants nothing more than to perform her duties well and perhaps, one day, earn the approval of the father who has long kept her at arm’s length.

But when four women are brutally murdered in a single night and Hyeon’s beloved mentor becomes the prime suspect, the fragile life she has built begins to crumble. Refusing to accept the accusation, she undertakes a covert investigation of her own.

Her search for answers leads her to Eojin, a young police inspector equally determined to find the truth. Together, they navigate the treacherous shadows of the palace, where whispers of conspiracy swirl and every revelation is more dangerous than the last. And when the trail of evidence begins to point toward the Crown Prince, Hyeon and Eojin must risk everything to expose the secrets lurking behind the palace walls—before more blood is spilled.