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When a scientist discovers a cure for Korea’s exploited zombie workforce, she threatens an economy built on undead labor—and triggers a simultaneous zombie run and bank run.

SYNOPSIS

In near-future Korea, zombies are no longer hunted—they are privatized, controlled, and deployed as an inexhaustible labor force for the jobs nobody living wants to do. Their families are compensated in a cryptocurrency called Zombie Coin, turning death, labor, and speculation into one grotesquely efficient economy. When researcher Yang Tae-rin unexpectedly develops a cure that could restore the undead to humanity, the market panics: curing zombies would destroy both the labor supply and the currency built upon it. As financial contagion and biological catastrophe collide, the system begins consuming itself. A darkly comic speculative thriller about necro-capitalism, inequality, crypto mania, and the price of treating human life as an asset.

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Chun Ji-hye is a Korean novelist and screenwriter whose work spans romantic comedy, historical fantasy, thriller, and speculative fiction. She is known for transforming bold high-concept premises into fast-paced, emotionally accessible stories with strong screen potential. Her background in drama planning and screenwriting shapes the cinematic structure of her novels, while her experience across web fiction and television gives her a distinctive cross-media perspective. With Zombie Coin, Chun expands into social satire and dystopian black comedy, combining genre entertainment with commentary on labor, inequality, cryptocurrency speculation, and the commodification of human life.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

PUBLISHER

Korean: Publisher TBD

PUBLICATION DATE

2026 (2H, forthcoming)

ISBN

To be published by 2026

FORMAT

Korean: Planned paperback

PAGES

Korean: Approx. 380p planned

DIMENSIONS

Not yet stated

ORIGINAL EDITION TITLE

좀비코인

PUBLICATION YEAR

Korean: Forthcoming 2H 2026

GENRE

Social Satirical Thriller / Dystopian Zombie Black Comedy

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RIGHTS STATUS

All Rights Available

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