PP Wong 

Born on the lush, island nation of Mahana, Fred lives under the tyrannical rule of a book-pulping king. Under the king’s rule, Mahanians are controlled by a dictatorship and threatened with forced starvation, while people with disabilities are exiled.

After Fred’s father suddenly disappears, Fred joins an underground movement of dissenters and becomes an unwitting global icon in the fight for Mahanian freedom. When he is recruited and relocated by an organization that seems sympathetic to Fred’s cause, he arrives in a seemingly peaceful foreign nation, where the impact of social media and technology create a new, stranger struggle.

A dystopian thriller and a speculative fiction coming-of-age story, Slice the Water is a consequential exploration of contrasting political systems.

As Fred unpeels layers of truth and sees beyond the optics of altruism and the illusion of choice, Slice the Water unpacks the myriad, amplifying impacts of technology, addiction, and complacency. All while prompting urgent questions about the effects of social media and Artificial Intelligence on societies around the globe.