Joseon, the last and longest dynasty in Korea, spanned over 500 years and contained some of the greatest unrivaled assassins. One such assassin discovers he has a heart condition and must put his violent career aside while he searches for a cure. With a bounty on his head and an area gang barging into his village hide-out, he must again assume his sword and fight to survive.

"During childhood summers in Louisiana, Andre Dubus III's grandfather taught him that men's work is hard. As an adult, whether tracking down a drug lord in Mexico as a bounty hunter or grappling with privilege while living with a rich girlfriend in New York City, Dubus worked--at being a better worker and a better human being. In Ghost Dogs, Dubus's nonfiction prowess is on full display in his retelling of his own successes, failures, triumphs, and...