Island of Kings Author:Blaine Stevens Across a Raging & Merciless Sea They Came... — the men of Captain James Cook whose 2 English vessels came upon paradise--and destiny--inn the violence & tranquility of the islands. Here were signts as yet unseen by civilized eyes. Here were sultry tropic splendors. Rare exotic foods. Here were gloriously beautiful women... — And Here Was Kamehameh... more »a
the great king whose name was at once a legend, a prayer, & a curse...who dared the wrath of the gods & the fury of his enemies in a dream of conquest--as ruler of all the Hawaiin Islands. And out of the clash of these 2 cultures--in combat, in romance, in intrigue & ectasy--the stirring epic of Americ's Eden unfolds!
Island of Kings
weaves glorious history around the lives of a young midshipman who dared desire a princess, a great chief who called him both cherished friend & hated foe, and a people who fought & bled to serve a mighty, savage land.« less