A young vagabond running from Americaʻs 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. Through his startling experiences 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.
An award winning novelist and acclaimed writing teacher, Tom Peek lived his early life on Minnesotaʻs Upper Mississippi River. After hitchhiking by boat through the South Seas, he settled on Hawaiʻi Island three decades ago. There heʻs been, among other things, an astronomy and mountain guide on Mauna Kea, an eruption ranger and exhibit writer on Kīlauea and an insider participant in the efforts to protect both sacred volcanoes.
