Malakacrazy

Breno Silva has just attended the Anonymous Writers Congress in Kuala Lumpur and is on his way back to São Paulo when a bomb scare on his Malaysia Airlines flight forces him to spend a night in Shanghai. Fascinated by the Chinese language - he is after all a ghost writer by trade and a man who lives by language - he spends the night watching television, trying to pick out words. In charting Breno's life we enter a storytelling labyrinth, as his myth-making, love-making and essays into another culture become mired in the world where celebrities make reputations and fortunes from the writing of others, and where the reader is not sure what language, or what reality, is being offered.

The Vermillion Throne is the epic tale of an empire at its height, yet poised on the brink of what could be a devastating descent into ruin. Told from the viewpoints of numerous characters, it is a sweeping saga of murder and magic (portrayed both as a powerful religion and a forbidden art), of deception and betrayal, of Machiavellian politics, star-crossed lovers, and a realm facing war on every front.

"Since when I was 12 years old she told me once that we only remember the facts that are still going to happen. Thats why I write. I write to not forget. I write with steel and sign it with blood." Peace. That is the state that prevails over Yamada under the reign of the Regent. After years of war, the kingdom finally began to recover from its fragile situation. The bad news is that not everyone involved got weakened from this war. To protect and conquer new peoples, the Regent will need to create never-before-seen policies, innovative strategies, and loyal servants willing to risk everything. These servants, known as Strings, not only keep the danger away from the capital and borders but also proactively overthrow and combat enemy governments. However, the conditions for becoming a String are unknown. Miguel Ugarte will accept this challenge, although he has no idea what awaits him.