Agnes

The year is 1914 and the fissures of the war are spreading across Europe.

A Russian cruiser Zhemtchug is sunk off the coast of Penang by the German warship Emden. From amid the wreckage, a local fisherman and his son rescue a baby. They deliver her to the Sisters at the Convent Light Street, where she is named Agnes for she is holy and pure.

Agnes grows into a fiercely intelligent and restless young woman against the backdrop of the Second World War and the Malayan Emergency.

Haunted by a past she cannot remember in a world that is rapidly changing, she grapples with finding herself-and enduring happiness.

Buried deep within Agnes is loss and an intense yearning to belong. But in a nation where loyalty is tested as identities are contested, will she ever find a place and people she can claim as her own?