The Great Expansion

A sweeping novel set against the backdrop of a changing Singapore. The story of a boy with unique abilities and his childhood love, intertwined with the history of the country. Ah Boon was born in a fishing village on the beautiful Singaporean coast, at the end of British colonial rule. From childhood, he was different from the other boys, not interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl Siew Mei. One day he discovers that he has a strange ability to find moving islands that no one else can see. As Ah Boon grows up, he increasingly realizes that the world of the small fishing village is too small for him, and he dreams of breaking out into a bigger life. But as Ah Boon and Siew Mei grow up, Singapore finds itself in the whirlpool of historical changes. The future of fishing villages is under threat. A love story, a coming-of-age story, and the story of the emergence of a country that will soon begin an extraordinary rise.