Hanh Dien

Hanh Dien is a novel set in Vietnam at the turn of the millennium. The eponymous protagonist is addicted to gambling and power. For her these incorporate key motifs of fear and misery, both of which she aspires to bring to those upon whom she turns her torch. Caught in her lights, we see antagonists' life plans destroyed as their hopes and dreams descend into misery and death.

Ian Walters is the author or editor of half a dozen academic books. Recently turning to fiction, his first novel was The Theory of Relativity. He lives and writes in Asia.