A dramatic account by one of the few survivors born in North Koreas infamous political prison camps describes the brutal conditions that have forced prisoners to turn on one another, his witness to his familys executions and his harrowing escape. By the author of A River Lost. Reprint. 150,000 first printing. Presents a dramatic account by one of the few survivors born in North Koreas infamous political prison camps, describing the brutal conditions he was forced to endure as a child, his witnessing of his familys executions, and his final, harrowing escape.