Hanh Dien is a novel set in Vietnam at the turn of the millennium. The eponymous protagonist is addicted to gambling and power. For her these incorporate key motifs of fear and misery, both of which she aspires to bring to those upon whom she turns her torch. Caught in her lights, we see antagonists' life plans destroyed as their hopes and dreams descend into misery and death.

A masterpiece of political speculation... Walters gives us an Australian government elected in 2013 that proves itself vastly unpopular. Fearing electoral defeat in 2016, various forces in and around the government conspire to abort the impending election. Dictatorship ensues. Concerned citizens flee north, establishing a breakaway province, and eventually the world's newest nation state, Aricia. Stark modern politics? Fanciful history? Parody? Or the ravings of a deluded madman?

Princess of Chaos... This is a tale about a protagonist with small-scale regal ambitions to dominate. It deals with chaos, mayhem, anti-order, and system-wrecking, as well as being a document to bullying, emotional violence and self concern at all costs. A sweet girl who suffers badly in the upbringing stakes, beginning life in poverty and neglect, comes to adulthood bearing features that reflect her origins. It is a tale of deceit, addiction and crime, of one poor soul's careless disregard for the law and for any semblance of order and decency that may attempt to insert themselves into her...