"Tender yet unsettling, this is a story about hunger?artistic, emotional, existential?and the quiet cost of chasing applause in a restless city."

– Divya Prakash Dubey, author and storyteller

"Restless, often funny, but always very human, Slow Burn fuses itself into Mumbai’s heart and soul. Rishi Tripathi is one of the most memorable protagonists in recent Indian fiction?talented but barbed with insecurity and a stubborn refusal to stop dreaming. This is Amal Singh at his finest and most poignant, capturing the city’s machinery of ambition and desires with sharp prose and wonderful observation. In an ocean of contemporary Mumbai novels, this stands tall alongside the best."

– Prashanth Srivatsa, author of the Locus Award-nominated The Spice Gate

"A delightful, Carrolian voyage through Bollywood Bombay by a major voice in Indian SFF."

– Gautam Bhatia, author of The Sentence

"From its opening words, The Garden of Delights weaves a spell with its exquisite prose and intricate world building. Amal Singh has created a lush new society featuring characters both human and godlike, who leap off the page and into your heart. With themes of anti-colonization, betrayal, and forgiveness, this captivating debut should cement Singh as a bold new voice in fantasy."

– S B Divya

"The Garden of Delights is a sensory masterpiece. It is written with both verve and tenderness, its characters and the eponymous garden leaping off the pages to bewitch your mind. It is thrilling, imaginative and spellbinding. Amal, who has written some masterful short stories, proves he's equally adept with the novel form too."

– Prashanth Srivatsa on The Garden of Delights