Mauna Kea: A Novel of Hawai'i is a gripping tale of clashing
passions--science and spirituality, vengeance and compassion, fear and
courage--set atop Hawaiʻi's 14,000-foot Mauna Kea, realm of revered goddesses
and star-wise explorers. A young vagabond running from America's
turmoil is forced to confront his own grief and rage on an embattled holy
mountain in the Pacific. There he encounters a mysterious domain of ancient
mountain deities and the Native Hawaiians who revere them, including two wise
elders who take him under their wings and a young woman with a world-weary
heart akin to his own. Through his startling experiences with them--and a motley
cadre of other islanders--he learns the power of aloha and
discovers an untapped reservoir of faith and courage that rekindles his hope in
himself and in the world we share.