An upmarket thriller that interrogates our social media-driven vices against a cultural backdrop that draws from the author's own Southeast Asian heritage: think "Blink Twice" with an R.F. Kuang twist.

A cadre of influencers are selected for an exclusive, luxurious spon-con getaway. But the trip takes an unsettling turn when one guest, Kai, begins to receive mysterious texts. Unsettling "accidents" strike fear into the air, and one by one, people disappear. Stranded on a remote island with a murderer on the loose, Kai must unearth the truth about this tropical paradise. A thrilling, satirical critique of consumerism and delusion in our gilded age, Followers examines the façade of our digital lives and dares us to consider our own social media-driven vices.