"We weren't children. We were case files, bundles of paperwork waiting to be processed."
What happens to a child abandoned in a dumpster, raised in silence, and treated as inventory instead of a human being?
In The Next Chapter, The Author pulls readers into the haunting reality of an orphanage in South Korea during the 1980s; an institution where survival was the only form of love available. Through raw and unflinching resilience, introspection, obsessive research, and storytelling, he brings to life the invisible scars left by a system built to erase. The buzzing fluorescent lights, the cold concrete floors, the vanishing of children...
But this isn't just a memoir of trauma. It's a revelation of resilience.
From the shadows of neglect emerged an unexpected strength; hypervigilance. The ability to read people, anticipate danger, and survive against impossible odds. Skills forged in darkness later became the very tools that carried him into leadership, business, success, and personal transformation.
This book asks readers to reflect on one profound truth: You are not shaped by the comfort you were given, but by what you learned to endure.
Inside The Next Chapter
You'll Discover:
- A child's eye view of abandonment, neglect, and the quiet ways children adapt to survive.
- The hidden history of Korea's adoption industry, where children were exported as commodities under the guise of diplomacy.
- Vivid and sensory rich, makes you feel and question your own life.
- A powerful arc of transformation, from discarded child to business leader.
- A message that resonates with anyone who has faced adversity: trauma may write your beginning, but you choose what comes next.
Raw. Poetic. Defiant. The Next Chapter is more than a story of survival.
It's an invitation to rethink resilience, to confront your inner self, and to believe that even in the darkest places, whispers of hope can take root.
If you've ever wondered how pain can be turned into power, how to turn weakness into strengths, or how the most unlikely beginnings can lead to extraordinary lives, this is a book you cannot ignore!
"Abandoned. Forgotten. Forged in shadows. This is not the end, it's The Next Chapter."
