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Children of the Sacred Current: A Tahitian Saga (1850-2020)
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Series: Historical Fiction
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 10 2024
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.31
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Multigenerational Tahitian Saga (1850-2020)
Tahiti, 1850. Fifteen-year-old Vairaumati dives for pearls in waters her ancestors have known for generations. But when a sacred pearl chooses her, she discovers she can see the mana-the sacred current that flows through all living things-as threads of light weaving through water, objects, and people. It is a gift that will pass through her bloodline for five generations, evolving with each daughter born into a changing world.
As French colonizers tighten their grip on the islands, Vairaumati must learn to protect her people's wisdom while navigating a marriage that bridges two cultures. Her daughter Hinerava will read the fury of storms in dancing weather spirits. Her granddaughter Tehani will preserve memories in the very objects she touches. And in the atomic age, her descendants will sense power in radio waves and the invisible fire of nuclear tests conducted on their ancestral waters.
Spanning 170 years of Polynesian history, this sweeping saga follows five generations of Maeva women as they guard an ancient gift through:
→ The fall of the Tahitian monarchy → Two World Wars that reach even paradise → French nuclear testing in the Pacific → The digital revolution transforming island life
From pearl diving in pristine lagoons to decoding satellite signals, from colonial resistance to cultural preservation in the internet age, Children of the Sacred Current weaves indigenous spirituality with historical drama in a story about what we inherit, what we protect, and what we pass on.
For readers of Kiana Davenport's Shark Dialogues, Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits, and Lisa See's The Island of Sea Women.
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