The Nine Sound-Trees Asked
- Year of Production
- 2018
Summary
#Folklore #Secret_Ritual #Missing #Sori_Tree #Face
When the Nine Sound Trees wakes up,
the ‘thing’ with your face appears!
On the shoulder of a national highway entering Dodong Village, known for its traditional houses, an empty taxi with its doors wide open is discovered. With not a trace of accident or crime on site, the only thing worth noting is three imprints of something big and long tracked on the dirt ground near the vehicle. As ‘Gang-hyo’, the detective in charge of missing persons cases, tracks down the whereabouts of the missing driver, ‘Guk-su’, he realizes there is already an ongoing investigation of the disappearance of several people linked to the driver. These people were all friends from the same village. Sensing something is off, ‘Gang-hyo’ goes to Dodong Village in search of leads to the case. Meanwhile, protagonist ‘Tae-yi’ also heads to Dodong Village, his hometown. When he was in high school, at his grandfather’s study, he learned about a certain ‘ritual’ that summons a powerful being to grant any wish. He decides to carry out the ‘ritual’ in order to avenge his friend who had died from mobbing. With his friends, Tae-yi successfully awakens the ‘Nine Sound Trees’ to summon the ‘thing’. But the ritual has a strict rule: never answer the question of the summoned ‘thing’. The moment they respond, the ‘thing’ would eat them alive and vanish them off the face of the earth. Convinced that his friends’ disappearances were related to the ‘ritual’, ‘Tae-yi’ decides to end the ritual that he started. His guilt aside, the ‘thing’ was now after ‘Tae-yi’. Can ‘Tae-yi’ protect himself from the Nine Sound Trees?
Concept
- Horror fantasy about a boy who summons a ‘vicious thing’ to avenge his friend’s death and pays the price for it
- Detective fiction about a detective who runs into a terrifying cold case in a remote village while investigating a series of disappearances
Awards
Korea Story Contest’s Award of Excellence 2015
Sun-hee Jo
Her novels include 『Phantom Signal』 『Question from the Nine Sound Trees』 『Salt Scale』 『Killing Megu』 『Eye of Bugul』 『Gori Valley』 『Laundress Friga and the Wizard 1~2』 『Adon’s Key 1~7』 『There, Fox Footprints』 『Blue Tomb No. 404』 『Tale of Luwoljewun 1~2』 and 『Switch Up』. Her story collections include 『Patjwi Retold』 『Arang Retold』 and more. 『Gori Valley』won the Korea Fantasy Literature Award and『Question from the Nine Sori Trees』won the Korean Story Contest’s award of excellence. Jo Seon-hui has been writing mystery fantasy novels that are full of bizarre themes and intense psychological descriptions that provoke primal fear.
When the Nine Sound Trees wakes up,
the ‘thing’ with your face appears!
On the shoulder of a national highway entering Dodong Village, known for its traditional houses, an empty taxi with its doors wide open is discovered. With not a trace of accident or crime on site, the only thing worth noting is three imprints of something big and long tracked on the dirt ground near the vehicle. As ‘Gang-hyo’, the detective in charge of missing persons cases, tracks down the whereabouts of the missing driver, ‘Guk-su’, he realizes there is already an ongoing investigation of the disappearance of several people linked to the driver. These people were all friends from the same village. Sensing something is off, ‘Gang-hyo’ goes to Dodong Village in search of leads to the case. Meanwhile, protagonist ‘Tae-yi’ also heads to Dodong Village, his hometown. When he was in high school, at his grandfather’s study, he learned about a certain ‘ritual’ that summons a powerful being to grant any wish. He decides to carry out the ‘ritual’ in order to avenge his friend who had died from mobbing. With his friends, Tae-yi successfully awakens the ‘Nine Sound Trees’ to summon the ‘thing’. But the ritual has a strict rule: never answer the question of the summoned ‘thing’. The moment they respond, the ‘thing’ would eat them alive and vanish them off the face of the earth. Convinced that his friends’ disappearances were related to the ‘ritual’, ‘Tae-yi’ decides to end the ritual that he started. His guilt aside, the ‘thing’ was now after ‘Tae-yi’. Can ‘Tae-yi’ protect himself from the Nine Sound Trees?
Concept
- Horror fantasy about a boy who summons a ‘vicious thing’ to avenge his friend’s death and pays the price for it
- Detective fiction about a detective who runs into a terrifying cold case in a remote village while investigating a series of disappearances
Awards
Korea Story Contest’s Award of Excellence 2015
Sun-hee Jo
Her novels include 『Phantom Signal』 『Question from the Nine Sound Trees』 『Salt Scale』 『Killing Megu』 『Eye of Bugul』 『Gori Valley』 『Laundress Friga and the Wizard 1~2』 『Adon’s Key 1~7』 『There, Fox Footprints』 『Blue Tomb No. 404』 『Tale of Luwoljewun 1~2』 and 『Switch Up』. Her story collections include 『Patjwi Retold』 『Arang Retold』 and more. 『Gori Valley』won the Korea Fantasy Literature Award and『Question from the Nine Sori Trees』won the Korean Story Contest’s award of excellence. Jo Seon-hui has been writing mystery fantasy novels that are full of bizarre themes and intense psychological descriptions that provoke primal fear.
Company Profile
Other
Jaeum&Moeum Publishing Co., Ltd.
In 1997, Jaeum and Moeum Co., Ltd. was established under the slogan of collecting all the “letters” (Jaeum) and “sounds”(Moeum) of the world. It operates a number of imprint brands, including EZ Book, a children’s/adolescent book brand, and Neo Fiction, a genre literature book brand, and has become a mainstay of the Korean publishing industry by launching over 10,000 volumes.
Jaeum and Moeum have published literary magazines that support Korean literature, novels that have been recognized for their excellence at home and abroad, humanities books that will raise the status of culture to the next level, youth literature and humanities/study books that propel teenagers’ mental development, and practical books that provide useful tips for everyday life.
The books of Jaeum and Moeum are attracting the attention of not only overseas publishing agencies but also external production companies that produce secondary creative works such as movies, dramas, plays, and musicals. Several books, including A Killer’s Shopping List, A Killer’s Shopping Mall, A Christmas Carol, and The Time-Selling Store, have been adapted into new forms, and many other works are ready to be transformed in similar ways.
In addition, we are running a New Literature Award/Youth Literature Award/Short Novel Award/Fairy Tale Contest on a scale that is one of the largest among Korean publishing companies. As many authors who debuted through the Jaeum and Moeum Literary Contest have grown into spotlight writers in the literary world, the Jaeum and Moeum Literary Contest has become the publishing industry’s most notable gateway to new writers. Through this active collaboration between publisher, author, and reader, several series of books were born that have made their mark in the publishing industry.
Jaeum and Moeum have published literary magazines that support Korean literature, novels that have been recognized for their excellence at home and abroad, humanities books that will raise the status of culture to the next level, youth literature and humanities/study books that propel teenagers’ mental development, and practical books that provide useful tips for everyday life.
The books of Jaeum and Moeum are attracting the attention of not only overseas publishing agencies but also external production companies that produce secondary creative works such as movies, dramas, plays, and musicals. Several books, including A Killer’s Shopping List, A Killer’s Shopping Mall, A Christmas Carol, and The Time-Selling Store, have been adapted into new forms, and many other works are ready to be transformed in similar ways.
In addition, we are running a New Literature Award/Youth Literature Award/Short Novel Award/Fairy Tale Contest on a scale that is one of the largest among Korean publishing companies. As many authors who debuted through the Jaeum and Moeum Literary Contest have grown into spotlight writers in the literary world, the Jaeum and Moeum Literary Contest has become the publishing industry’s most notable gateway to new writers. Through this active collaboration between publisher, author, and reader, several series of books were born that have made their mark in the publishing industry.
