This is the opening to a novel nearly six years old, originally written back in 2018 when the prodemocracy protests in Hong Kong were front-

Ava’s house was filled with all sorts of odd, dusty antiques. Broken clocks and old photos sat between yellowed books in bookshelves that...

This is your atypical siren kind of novel. Something that reoccurs is the portrayal of sirens and their power throughout.