Seo Tae Hyuk’s got a week left before they execute him — first guy to get the death penalty since the country brought it back. All he wants is kimchi stew without meat, the way his little brother likes it, and one visit with the only family he’s got left.
But instead of his siblings, some guard shows up who knows way too much about his life. This guy’s casually bringing up details about Tae Hyuk’s family that no prison employee should ever know, and Tae Hyuk’s grief is just about to boil over when the guy’s face literally starts glitching. Then he offers a deal that doesn’t even feel like a deal, more like something Tae Hyuk has no real say in.
Next thing he knows, he’s sixteen again. Same old familiar room and his sister alive again, brother cramming for exams like always, fifteen years just gone like they never happened. It feels like a dream right up until an escape he only remembers from prison actually happens, on schedule, word for word, exactly how it played out the first time.
So now he’s stuck with knowledge of crimes that haven’t happened yet. Which means the future he’s trying to run from is real, and everyone he loves is still walking straight toward it unless he figures out how to stop it first.
