The Solatium Abyss

In the rain-scoured slums of Sumiya, Inspector Yoon Jin-su believes in the absolute logic of law. But when a widow is found dead over a cheap insurance policy, his investigation peels back the skin of a community trapped in a silent war of survival. As the Supreme Court of the Republic of Genkai rules that solatium cannot be claimed by insurers against the destitute, Yoon discovers that justice, once served, only deepens the wound. A Herman Melville-inspired tragedy of bottom-up predation, where every conviction buries a little more of the soul.