BETWEEN SKY AND SEA is a story of three brothers, contemporary Hawaiian men, who represent the modern struggles of indigenous peoples while remaining indelible and singular characters. This unflinching portrait studies how loss, addiction, violence, and a brutal colonial history affect generations of a single ‘ohana. Yet the novel offers hope, too, for its characters and its readers, and the islands themselves.

—Kristiana Kahakauwila, author of This is Paradise

This triumphant debut novel reminds readers of a truth that must be hammered home as long as stories about this place are told: the Hawaiʻi of dream vacations is no more real to local residents than the nostalgic vision of an idyllic past. BETWEEN SKY AND SEA serves, along with Tyler Miranda’s ‘EWA WHICH WAY, as an announcement that Bamboo Ridge’s next generation of great local writers has arrived.

—Mark Panek, author of Hawaiʻi: a novel

The consequences are devastating as brothers Kā‘eo, Mark, and Elani have to choose between the modern and ancient worlds, between losing oneself to one’s pursuits and coming home. They go their separate ways, try to leave family behind, but find themselves inexorably linked in efforts to make things right. This is a disquieting novel, a quiet triumph.

—Rodney Morales, author of The Speed of Darkness and When the Shark Bites