A Thai National Belief
The overwhelming majority of Thais are Buddhists – around 97% of the population – with most following the Theravāda tradition. A smaller number practise Mahāyāna Buddhism, and there are also Christian, Muslim, and other religious minorities. However, across almost all Thai communities, belief in Karma is nearly universal.
Karma, at its core, is the idea that one’s actions – good or bad – will inevitably return to affect them, in this life or the next. Thai culture recognises several types of Karma, but the one most easily grasped by Westerners is Wayne Gamm (เวรกรรม), meaning ‘retribution’ or ‘karmic consequence’.
To my Western ears, Wayne Gamm sounded amusingly like a boy’s name – and the idea stuck. I began imagining him not just as someone bound by Karma, but someone who could alter it. But then, that would make him just another warlock – someone who bends fate with magic. My Wayne had to be different.
A Boy from the Mountains near Dolgellau
He became a boy born with the power to twist fate itself, unknowingly disrupting the cosmic balance. But if he didn’t control that power, what – or who – did?
That playful thought slowly became something deeper: what if someone could change Karma? Could they rewrite destiny? And what price would they pay?
From that seed came the ‘Five-Star’ Fate Twister — a story about a Welsh boy who defies the natural order and learns the cost of tampering with the universe’s most sacred law.
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