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Reviewed on February 1, 2023 | Fiction
Maritime history writer Burgess’s (Fogland Point; Dark Currents) latest novel has a promising premise. About 15 miles off the coast of Kona lies a fictional island, the smallest and least populated of the Hawaiian archipelago. Once it was inhabited only by fishermen who dubbed it Kaumaha ("Misery Island"), due to a series of earthquakes, tsunamis, and disease; they later abandoned the place. In 1847, King ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
