The Fisherman King

Eight years ago, Lisan the fisherman, who has always believed he was descended from royalty, left his wife and the Water Village. Now he’s back, and he says he can prove it. Six hundred years ago, a forbidden relationship between the royal children of Brunei set into motion a chain of events that will end with the death of a king...or the death of a god. As the story of Lisan’s true intentions – and what he was really doing in those years away – unravels, the story of those doomed royal children also spins to its inevitable conclusion.

“Well-written, exciting plot, memorable characters and terrifically paced.”
–Minh Bui Jones, founding editor of Mekong Review

“A fast-paced caper of a folk tale that dives, quite literally, into the ocean of the self in search of treasure and the meaning of genealogy; an ocean with unexpected monsters and life-altering revelations.”
–Cyril Wong, Singapore Literature Prize-winning author of This Side of Heaven