After the tsunami, Mau is alone on the island, but soon Daphne joins him from her destroyed ship. Then others arrive, drawn by the smoke of their fire. Struggling to survive, they defy ancestral spirits and uncover a long-hidden secret that shakes their world. A 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book and Audie Award finalist for 2009. "Briggs adopts a tone of fun without resorting to outrageous hilarity and thus preserves the satire, and the overall sweetness, of the story."—AudioFile