Utama
Utama reimagines the rise of Sang Nila Utama through the eyes of those who shaped his path— exiles, warriors and queens. From the Chola invasion to a fateful sea crossing, ambition and betrayal forge an empire. As dragons fall and a sea goddess awakens, the Lion City is born.
Epigram Books, 2025
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ng Yi-Sheng
Ng Yi-Sheng is a Singaporean writer, researcher and activist. His books include Lion City and the poetry collection last boy (both winners of the Singapore Literature Prize), SQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century, Loud Poems for a Very Obliging Audience and Black Waters, Pink Sands. He has edited A Mosque in the Jungle: Classic Ghost Stories by Othman Wok and EXHALE: An Anthology of Queer Singapore Voices, and translated Wong Yoon Wah’s The New Village and Homecomings. He is also the author of the middle grade series Haywire Histories.
