Felicia Yap’s new novel is a head-on collision between love and predictive technology


Yap’s new book offers a twisted tale of how the past can haunt a person’s future and be used to predict if he will die... or kill. Photo: Handout

They say that inspiration can strike from anywhere. In Malaysian-born London-based novelist Felicia Yap’s case, it was during a suspenseful moment on a fashion runway.

The year was 2012, and Yap was a catwalk model at the University of Cambridge in Britain. As she was preparing for a show, one of the backstage assistants suddenly handed her a leather bag.

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