The Slow, Sad Suicide of Rohan Wijeratne

In this collection of super charged, original and mind bending short stories of science fiction, award winning writer Yudhanjaya Wijeratne transports us to new heights. Featuring dystopia, post apocalypse, time travel, robots and more, this brilliant collection brings together an eclectic range of stories that manages to reflect the current Sri Lankan social and political environment while delving deep into the emotional and physical connections that explore other worlds, cultures and timelines.

Nobody remembers who attacked first, who fired that first shot. Nobody remembers how the war started.

But they do remember how the Fleet ships died, throwing themselves heroically in the line of fire even as their human captains lay dead. They remember how they charged, hellebores blazing, engines spinning, even as they knew no hope remained. And they remember how they sang as they died, all those ships, their songs rippling through space and time, one last, angry burst of message on all channels for all to remember.