About the book
In 1888, Kira Wall, surviving daughter of missionaries swept away in a
tsunami, lives a primitive, but enjoyable life with natives on an isolated
island in the South Pacific. But her serene world is turned upside down when an
Australian merchant ship, commanded by the sinister Captain Darcy Coleman,
arrives with an overabundance of modern and lavish goods. Kira suspects ill
intent. Chief Ariki refuses to listen to Kira’s warning, forcing her to uncover
the real plan of the captain on her own. Unfortunately, she has a distraction.
A six-foot tall, blond, and handsome distraction. Trevor Marshall, doctor and
botanist, hopes to find exotic plants on the island to research new cures and
medicines. He is dedicated to science, but when meeting the strong-willed, beautiful
Kira Wall, he’d prefer to spend time researching her—all night.
The captain thwarts Kira’s attempts to call him out at every step,
turning the village chief against her. With only Trevor and her best friend
Malana by her side, she stalks the captain and his officers through the dense,
predator infested jungle, toward the island’s inactive volcano. Frustrated by
her failure to reveal the captain’s true intentions, Kira begins to think maybe
she’s wrong about everything. Then an explosion and earthquake bigger than
anyone on the island has ever seen renews her resolve. Was the blast natural or
man-made? She is determined to prove it was the captain’s doing. Kira races
against time and the island people’s naivety to stop the captain from
destroying her home and killing everyone she loves.
My Review
Kira the protagonist of the story lives in Alofa an island
in the South Pacific. She has lived on the island for long and is a person of importance.
She has taught the people of Alofa the language of the people that came in
ships to trade.
When she encounters a ship that had docked on the shore,
Kira is septic about the Captain and their motives. It’s strange why Kira is so
concerned about the arrival of the strangers on their island. You will find out
the reason as you move through the pages in the story.
Coleman the Captain of the ship speaks with the Chief and
assures him that he has come to their island in good will. Kira tries to
intervene and asks the Chief to monitor the activities of the guests who have
landed on their shores. The Chief isn’t convinced that there is any need to monitor
the activities and gives the guests thumbs up of their arrival.
Now Kira has an unwelcomed distraction of having fun with the
Trevor, a doctor from the ship who came to find new herbs and plants for
preparing medicines. But she never takes her eyes off the Captain and tracks
his whereabouts and tries to find out why the Captain is digging near the
riverbed.
Now why the digging is going one and what can be the reason for
that? Will Kira be able to find the true purpose of the Captain’s interest in
the island? What is he looking for and why?
With so many questions to be answered and the mysteries that
have to be unrevealed you have to read the story to find out what happens next.
The storyline is great but I believe it is a story for the school
kids full. The author has done a great job creating the suspense early on in
the story but it happens to be a lot earlier than I had anticipated. I don’t
know why the words blimy and tee has been used so often in the story. I felt
like the author has tried to show the Alofa’s talking accent, which is great but
they are used more too often than required.
Ignoring those words, the book is a great read and the kids
who like to read suspense and mystery genre stories will love the book.
Read more about the book at Online Book Club.
About the Author
W. E. Lawrence
graduated in 1978 from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill with a
BS in business administration. Despite wishing he had taken more courses in
journalism and communications, he has spent most of his adult life in the
corporate business world. Now he reads and writes.
Passionate about
God, writing, reading, family, sports, politics, and America, Lawrence
currently lives in Davidson, North Carolina, with his lovely wife, Martha, and
their wonderful children, Abby and Davis.
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