Part 1 B
The Age of Snowball
The hot breath of two hundred people
Mysterious accidents, mysterious visitors
More shocking than nine murders
Something only I can do
Painkillers and anesthetics
An unbelievable event

Part 2 You
Dream World
Yvonne Media Group
Me in the mirror
New weathercaster Go Hae-ri
A Piece of the Secret
Love and trust
Is a happy ending possible?
A child who seeks misfortune
My own room
unscripted drama
Second proposal
restricted area
A secret letter between just the two of us
The first drama
Surprise guest
A phone call at dawn
truth

Part 3 Us
exile
pinch hitter's pinch hitter
Something no one has done
The Woman Who Survived
Researcher wearing ski goggles
The identity of the doppelganger
The show never ends
The last confession
Lovely Girls Next Door
Friday Night Fever
Raid on the broadcasting station
An old request
Tomorrow's me, tomorrow's us
Delete channel 60
A new future

Epilogue
+ Even if it's the hand of a murderer
+ Awakening and awareness

Author's Note

A story that will shatter the solid world you believed in.

The main character of 'Snowball' is sixteen-year-old Jeon Cho-bam.
Jeonchobam is an ordinary worker at a power plant living in the outside world. He starts his day like any other day by hearing a familiar voice on television.
The voice of 'Go Hae-ri', the main character of the Channel 60 reality drama.
Go Hae-ri is Snowball's 'actor', the same age as Jeon Cho-bam.
Actors are people who live inside a snowball, and in exchange for a warm and comfortable environment, they have to expose their lives to cameras twenty-four hours a day.
Snowball is a gigantic 'survival-entertainment' society made up of actors with numerous occupations and diverse personalities, while the people of the outside world work at the power plant to earn electricity bills to consume their fantastical lives.

The pre-screening follows the director's dream of creating his own amazing drama while watching the top-rated actress, Go Hae-ri.
Then one day, Snowball's renowned director, Cha Seol, comes to visit Jeon Cho-bam.
Director Cha Seol is the role model of Jeon Cho-bam, who led the drama Go Hae-ri to the highest viewership ratings.
Director Cha Seol delivers the shocking news that Go Hae-ri has taken her own life.
After a brief moment of surprise, Director Cha Seol makes a suggestion to Jeon Cho-bam.
Pretend to be Go Hae-ri and ask her to act as her stand-in and stay at Snowball.
After much deliberation, Jeonchobam enters Snowball, marking the beginning of a grand story.


After entering Snowball, Jeonchobam begins to work hard to become a true believer.
Jeon Cho-bam's inner self is strong as he continues to awaken his desires in a successful life, never forgetting his dream of becoming a director.
Cracks don't come from within, they come from without.

One day, Jeonchobam discovers Snowball's secret space, the 'mirror room'.
Then, all of a sudden, he realizes that there may be a huge secret and conspiracy hidden in the Yvonne Media Group, which controls Snowball's system, and in this whole world that appears on television.
The night before, when only his own dreams mattered, he finally stopped walking and looked into the mirror.
In this gap between ambition and awakening, what was lurking in the face I once believed was mine? What had driven me all this time?

The question posed by the protagonist Jeon Cho-bam, which causes the reader to change the direction of their thoughts, is the highlight of this novel.
The fast-paced sentences and unexpected lines that convey this make the reader feel uneasy.
Moreover, the mystery that unfolds in earnest from the moment you enter the mirror room, the tense emotional line exchanged with successor Lee Bon-hoe, and the unique atmosphere of 'Apocalypse' are elements that make it impossible to put the book down.



An imagination you want to steal, the ultimate immersion
A sci-fi blockbuster that heralds the evolution of Korean-style adult films.

CJ ENM's sudden visualization, translation and export to three countries, including the US.

A future society where the extreme cold of -41 degrees Celsius, so cold that even the soul is frozen, has arrived.
A world divided into the 'outside world', exposed to extreme cold, and 'Snowball', a warm and comfortable but privileged area where only the chosen ones can live.
The setting of this novel is not unfamiliar to us living in the present.
Not only is it a disaster narrative steeped in extreme climate change and class issues, but it also contains elements of a survival game in the structure of the system and the way the characters live.
What this familiar yet different imagination aims at is that even the joys and sorrows of an individual's life become objects of consumption and commodities for some people.
Just like the observational entertainment programs in our society that constantly broadcast the luxurious daily lives of the performers, and the 'visible' world made up of countless feeds posted on social media.
As the author said, “I wanted to depict a future where the editorial control over ‘me’ has been transferred to others,” this novel is a work that makes you question the real ‘me.’


However, the protagonist of 『Snowball』, Jeon Cho-bam, does not become helpless in the midst of the swirling whirlpool.
Don't run away.
Know how to be angry and know how to act.
The protagonist gathers together and shows solidarity with those around him who have been exposed to violence and have been hurt.
The tearful 'directing' of the prelude night revealed in the latter half makes even readers who followed the novel cheer together with one heart.



"The suffocation of the protagonist, trapped in a snowball and forced to perform a play for survival, is vividly felt throughout the piece." "A fresh story that breaks free from convention."
― From the judges' comments (Judges Kim Ji-eun, Park Ha-ik, Song Si-woo, and Lee Da-hye, Kakao Page)

“Every character leads and persuades with their own narrative.” “They raise questions for the times.”
― YA Jury


▶ From the author's words

A future where the editorial control over 'me' has been transferred to others.
A system where you have to reveal all of your private life to live well.
A world divided into the harshly cold outside world and the blessed snowball world.

I hope that readers will often imagine Snowball even after they close this book.
Of course, I hope that you will occasionally be curious about the well-being of Cha Seol and Bae Sae-rin, as well as Cho Bam.
I can feel it clearly even at this moment as I write this.
Even now, actors are doing their best to love and grieve fiercely, and Snowball is broadcasting countless dramas.


★★★Rave reviews from the pre-reading review panel★★★

“It’s a spectacular story with twists and turns that will make your head spin.” @aquarmar********************

“It depicts the ordinary lives of us who grow up after graduating from elementary, middle, high school, and college and being thrown into society.” @book__o********

“This is the first book I’ve read from beginning to end in one sitting as an adult.” @xia***oc**

“The story that the youth here have been waiting and anticipating the most.” @choya****

“It’s special in that it goes beyond a personal growth story to depict the solidarity of young adults.” @neve****les*_**te

“I think I’m going to become a fan of this author.” @wh**u2*

“I feel like I’ve been asked a lot of different questions.
“How should I live as who I am?” @ju**op***