Where the Light Leads

A Novel

Heesung Baek

The moving novel about an architect who helps a dying man uncover the heartwrenching family secrets embedded in the walls of a once-beautiful Parisian mansion.

An instant #1 bestseller in South Korea

One morning, a phone call from a real estate agent changes the life of Lumiere, a broke architect in Paris. He is invited to view a historic mansion on the Ile de la Cité, a location far beyond his wildest dreams. If approved, he'll be able to call it home.

But once arrives at the mansion, he sees that the home is dilapidated, and he is overcome with an eerie feeling. Neverthless, he can't help but notice the eccentric features of the building, hidden under dust and debris.

But there is a catch. Before he can take over the home, he must visit the ailing owner at a sanatorium in Switzerland and help him uncover the family secrets embedded in the mansion's walls. . . .

Author and architectural designer, Heesung Baek, has worked as an architect in France for over a decade, including at Jean Nouvel Architects. He is currently the head of KEAB Architecture. With the motif of "architecture containing memories," he creates spaces that are completed with people's memories and love. Where the Light Leads is his fiction debut.

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