The Golden Realm

Evil is at its play in the wilds of Borneo and beyond. Will a
double-crossed young war leader be in control of his own destiny?

The Golden Realm is an indigenous novel about love, life and faith of war leaders in ancient Borneo and the Philippines. It depicts the way of life of the D'yak, Suluk and Samas as the predominant tribes of the region at that time. Sometime in the year 20 BC, the early datuaks ruled the Southeast Asian region. It was long before the Moros, the Spaniards, the Portuguese arrived and influenced the region. It begins with a story of a datuak named Sikat. He was a formidable fighter of long ago and held a massive realm, a kadatuan, in the northernmost tip of Borneo or nearly the whole of Saba. His realm was a jewel in the whole island. He was a feared war leader during his time. But an incident erupted - the neighbours, D'yak people who had gory practices of head hunting, tried to stir trouble on the realm. Datu Sikat was bent on annihilating them to prevent them from entering his realm. In his last days, his son, Tali, betrays him. He longed for the throne of his father but someone - his half brother Pula - stood in his way. Who will succeed to become the next datuak of the realm?