Author event with Amy Leow

Amy Leow will be at Lit Books at 8pm on Oct 5, 2024 to discuss her amazing debut novel, The Scarlet Throne. Moderating the session will be Lit Book’s Fong Min Hun,  a self-declared recovering fantasy junkie, who will be speaking to Amy about her inspiration for the book, characters and plot line. Join us to find out more about this book which Min Hun has been pressing into the hands of anyone who is the slightest bit interested in speculative fiction (and even the hands of those who aren’t at all interested!).

There will be an audience Q&A as well as a book signing on the evening. Please purchase your tickets early as spaces are limited. Tickets are RM10 and you will receive a RM10 voucher to use on event day.

About the book:

The Scarlet Throne is a dark, heart-thumping political epic fantasy by debut author Amy Leow. Full of scheming demons, morally grey heroines, talking cats and cut-throat priests, this is a delicious tale of power and corruption that will captivate from beginning to end. Binsa is a “living goddess,” chosen by the gods to dispense both mercy and punishment from her place on the Scarlet Throne, but her reign hides a deadly secret. Rather than channelling the wisdom of an immortal deity, she harbours a demon. But now her priests are growing suspicious. When a new girl, Medha, is selected to take over her position, Binsa and her demon strike a deal: to magnify his power and help her wrest control from the priests, she will sacrifice human lives.

She’ll do anything not to end up back on the streets, forgotten and alone. But how much of her humanity is she willing to trade in her quest for power? Deals with demons are rarely so simple.