1. Mana
The setting is the Big Island of Hawaii. With its active volcano and its frequent earthquakes, it has long been the subject of Polynesian legends. And, at the core of the legends, are the tales told of the alii, the Polynesian nobility, who possessed a strange power making them invulnerable to attack. Lehua Watanabe, investigative reporter for the Kona News, suddenly acquires this mysterious force, which serves her well in
...Elima—imaginary Elima. It is one of the Neighbor Islands. That is what the residents of the main island of Oahu call the other islands in Hawaii. The people of Elima—the haoles (white newcomers), the Asians, the Portuguese, the native Hawaiians—in the following pages are an amalgam of what one can find on any of the real Neighbor Islands.
Elima is a county in its own right: the island has its own mayor, police force,
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