Lees Mobi Man Shark (The Legends of Lainjin #1)
By Gerald R. Knight
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.
