A sweeping novel set against the backdrop of a changing Singapore. The story of a boy with unique abilities and his childhood love, woven into the history of the country. And Boon was born in a fishing village on the beautiful Singapore coast, at the end of British colonial rule. Since childhood, he was different from other boys, was not interested in fishing, and preferred to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl Syok Mei. One day he discovers that he has a strange ability to find moving islands that no one else can see. And Boon grows and understands more and more clearly that the world of a small fishing village is small for him, he dreams of breaking out into a big life. But as Ah Boon and Siok Mei grow up, Singapore finds itself in a whirlwind of historic change. The future of fishing villages is under threat. A love story, a coming-of-age story, and the story of the emergence of a country that, in a few years, will begin its amazing rise.