All told with daredevil lyricism to burn. Old myths clash with new realities, love is in a ride or die with grief, faith rubs hard against magic, and comic flips with tragic so much they meld into something new. a unique and spirited depiction of the 50th state and its children.' - Publisher''s Weekly ' Sharks in the Time of Saviors is the novel you never knew you were waiting for. This novel graces the reader with the spirit of Hawaii, from its fragrant forests to its cultural traditions, and feels, despite its undercurrent of sadness, like a dose of tropical sun.' - JENNY SHANK, Minneapolis Star Tribune 'Washburn''s standout debut provides a vivid portrait of Hawaiian identity, mythology, and diaspora.

He writes with verve and laces their language with wit and Hawaiicisms. One of the primary delights of this novel is the singular voice that Washburn creates for each of his narrators. When supernatural events revisit the Flores family in Hawaii - with tragic consequences - they are all forced to reckon with the bonds of family, the meaning of heritage, and the cost of survival.'Washburn''s buzzy debut novel explores the shifting bonds of family and the inescapable pull of home.' - JOUMANA KHATIB, The New York Times Book Review 'Sweeping, effervescent. But as time passes, this supposed divine favor begins to drive the family apart: Nainoa, working now as a paramedic on the streets of Portland, struggles to fathom the full measure of his expanding abilities further north in Washington, his older brother Dean hurtles into the world of elite college athletics, obsessed with wealth and fame while in California, risk-obsessed younger sister Kaui navigates an unforgiving academic workload in an attempt to forge her independence from the family’s legacy.

But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking his story as the stuff of legends.Nainoa’s family, struggling amidst the collapse of the sugarcane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favor from ancient Hawaiian gods - a belief that appears validated after he exhibits puzzling new abilities. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, 7-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean.

Sharks in the Time of Saviors is a groundbreaking debut novel that folds the legends of Hawaiian gods into an engrossing family saga a story of exile and the pursuit of salvation from Kawai Strong Washburn.

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