This cover gave me Jurassic Park vibes but boy was I wrong about that - in a good way. I was so pleasantly surprised to find out that this was a historical novel steeped in Malaysian mythology which was something that I had not read before. You can really tell that the author has pulled on their knowledge and experience of being in the Peace Corps while being stationed in Malaysia which is something that some authors do not do very well. The cast of characters has been well developed and you can tell that this is something that they have though long and hard about before even putting pen to paper. This is something which has complemented the world that they have built around the mystical elements which have been married with the real-life elements of our living world.