In One Word: Confusing. A Beautiful Sentence: “To know perfection and then have it ripped away from you…” The Plot: In an alternate 1947, Singapuran boy-soldier Naufal Jazair bonds with the merlion Bahana to defend his nation against an aggressive neighbor. Meanwhile, in a dystopian 2047, SAF officer Titus Ang enters Naufal’s universe to retrieve…
Category: Singaporean Fantasy Fiction
The Gatekeeper by Nuraliah Norasid – Review
In One Word: BrilliantA Beautiful Sentence: “The idea of long gone people from a past, unrecorded civilisation seemed strange to him and raised goosepimples on his skin.” The Plot: Ria, a woman with the power to turn people to stone, hides her monstrous identity after committing an act of violence in self-defense. She retreats to…