A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea

If it was easy to get out of North Korea, it’s a safe bet that nobody would be there. Half-Korean, half-Japanese author and émigré Masaji Ishikawa fled North Korea when he was just 13. A River In Darkness is the harrowing true story of his life in and out of the DPRK, one of the world’s most brutal totalitarian regimes.