Man Shark

Man Shark

He has survived the wilds of a pre-contact Pacific, but how will he fare ashore among his own islands?

From a man who lived among the people of the Marshall Islands for twenty years and curated the Museum of the Marshall Islands for ten of them. Transport yourself into the Pacific world of blue lagoons, open ocean waters, coral atolls, and fringing reefs. Learn what it was like to live there before western contact. Sail an outrigger canoe, Fish, and fall in love the way an islander would. Man Shark is a work of historical literary fiction based on authentic Marshall Islands oral and natural history.  You’ve heard the sound of the sea from within the shell -- now experience it!

Tarmalu leaves her baby Ḷainjin in the care of others while she leads her fleet of proa from the shelter of the Wotho Atoll lagoon out into the open ocean to save their craft from the certain destruction of an oncoming typhoon. She is never heard from again. Her son grows up to undertake an epic search for her. This is the first in a series of books entitled The Legands of Ḷainjin. A book two prequel tells the story of his search for his mother. In this book his search completed Ḷainjin, the hardened seafarer meets Liṃanṃan prior to a storm that forever intertwines their lives. He grasps at this last chance for the happiness of a normal life.

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Series: The Legends of Ḷainjin, Book 1
Genre: Historical Literary Fiction
Publisher: Iguana
Publication Year: 2019
ASIN: B07YN88TPD
ISBN: 9781771802284
eBook Price: 3.99
Endorsements
Man Shark November 15, 2019 Fiction There is a single story amid the extensive oral literature of the Marshall Islanders that uncharacteristically has no ending. Tarmalu leaves her baby in the care of others while she leads her fleet of proa from the shelter of the Wotho Atoll lagoon out into the open ocean to save their craft from the certain destruction of an oncoming typhoon. She is never heard from again. Her son, Lainjen, grows up in an epic search for her and creates a renowned navigational chant to record the seamarks along the way. It is never told if he finds her. Man Shark is the first book of a multigenerational story that attempts to complete this untold tale. In this series, Gerald R. Knight retells many of the classic mythologies translated in Man This Reef, this time in his own words woven into the cultural setting of his novel. eBooks eBook - Apple CanadaeBook - Kindle CanadaeBook - Kobo CanadaeBook - Kindle USeBook - Nook US Print books Paperback Amazon CanadaPaperback US AmazonPaperback US Barnes & Noble Reviews "Knight’s steady prose succeeds not only in re-creating the details and customs of his prehistoric Micronesian setting, but its language and worldview as well... Fans of prehistoric fiction will enjoy this thoroughly researched and often charming tale. An engrossing, realistic, and deeply detailed story set in Micronesia’s legendary past."
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