A bizarre murder brings together three law-enforcement officers and a career criminal, each of whom must navigate a web of conspiracy and betrayal in the scorched landscapes of California.

A dramatization of the invention of Hangeul (or Hangul), the Korean written script, in the 15th century in the Yi dynasty. For years, King Lee Do has been working covertly on the creation of a Korean alphabet that would make literacy possible for commoners. As the alphabet nears completion, the scholars involved in the project begin to die one by one. Assigned to investigate the mystery, palace guard Chae-yoon links the serial killings to a secret...