Sixth Republic: 1987

He will not let the people choose who follows him.Chun Doo-hwan expects an orderly succession. Roh Tae-woo must win a future he cannot secure by command alone. Opposition leaders Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung need each other to force open the election-and each believes he should be the man to win it.Beyond their meeting rooms, printers keep the presses running, students wait outside hospitals, and families try to earn a living while the streets fill. A favor can bind two friends. A party decision can put them on opposite sides. When the demand for a direct vote becomes a promise, the people who fought together must decide what they owe one another next.Following South Korea from the April constitutional standstill through the June protests to the December election, The Sixth Republic: 1987 brings historical leaders and fictional lives into one unfolding political struggle: winning the right to choose, then living with the choice.Book One of The Sixth Republic. A historical novel in English.