A Request for Betrayal: The Constant Companion Tales

The sequel to The Keeper of My Kin.

The constant companion has been prescribed a life of violence which is none of its choosing. But master it we must, or else our clan shall perish.

The dark force of the Cold War threatens to destroy the Nusantara brotherhood. Young Private Raden is sent to Borneo to defend the newly independent country, whilst his clan fights the enemy at home. Sinister forces are summoned from unexpected places to fight to the bitter end.

THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE TIGER-MEN
It’s the 1960s. Newly independent Malaysia is in confrontation with Indonesia. The Raden family and the Javanese are asked to betray their country in favour of their ancestral land. Their son, a young soldier, encounters a Tiger-Man. But it’s not theirs. It’s the servant of another. This could spell the end of the Raden family, at the hands of someone who is as dangerous as them.

A TRUCE MADE IN BLOOD
It’s 1964 and the confrontation drags on. The Malaysians and Indonesians are beginning to tire of the face-off. Someone, somewhere, profits from the suffering and division. Spells and curses are deployed to protect one side from the other. In the desire of peace lies a glimmer of hope. The Raden family can break the generational curse once and for all. But peace demands sacrifice.

About the Author

Salina Christmas is an author, journalist and anthropologist. Her series of horror fiction, The Constant Companion Tales, written and published in London, is loosely inspired by her childhood during the time of the Second Malayan Insurgency, and also by the periods between 1938 and 1966. She was born in Mentakab, Pahang, where her father's regiment was based. For the first 15 years, Christmas lived in military posts on the outskirts of jungles. Her dramatic fiction is informed by her experience in London and in Malaysia as a witness of the transition both countries had gone through.

Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.04 x 20.32 cm