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The Replacement: Based on the Korean tale of Rat Man
"Korean children's folktale meets modern thriller."
A life stolen. A face replaced. A soul rewritten.
Dr. Daniel Livingston is a man out of time. With a terminal diagnosis ticking in his brain and a nephew locked in a vegetative state, he decides to perform one final, desperate experiment.
He has the man who destroyed his family locked in his basement. He has the scalpel. And he has a dark Korean legend about a rat that steals the identity of those who are careless with their own lives.
In this chilling tale of "equivalent exchange," Daniel will learn that while science can change a face, it cannot erase the ghost in the machine.
How much of yourself can you lose before you disappear entirely?
A life stolen. A face replaced. A soul rewritten.
Dr. Daniel Livingston is a man out of time. With a terminal diagnosis ticking in his brain and a nephew locked in a vegetative state, he decides to perform one final, desperate experiment.
He has the man who destroyed his family locked in his basement. He has the scalpel. And he has a dark Korean legend about a rat that steals the identity of those who are careless with their own lives.
In this chilling tale of "equivalent exchange," Daniel will learn that while science can change a face, it cannot erase the ghost in the machine.
How much of yourself can you lose before you disappear entirely?
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Published January 13, 2026
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