A Legacy of Bones av Doug Burgess

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<p><b>Some legacies are best abandoned...</b><br><br><i>A legacy of loss.</i><br><br>1600s: Hawaiian fishermen attempt to carve a life on a small island of rugged beauty. Mid-century, those who''ve survived the tsunamis and floods flee the place forever, dubbing it Kaumaha-Misery Island.<br><br><i>A legacy of lies.</i><br><br>1847: King Kamehameha chuckles at his good fortune when he rids himself of Kaumaha in a sale to Reverend Amyas Lathrop of Massachusetts, who is looking for a fresh start for his congregation. But faith is stretched to its limits when a mysterious illness devastates the island year after year...<br><br><i>A legacy of bones.</i><br><br>Present day: Ogden Lathrop hates Kaumaha, and his apathy has ruined all that his ancestors built. He is beyond thrilled when he closes a deal to sell the crumbling tax liability to a local developer for twenty million dollars-villagers and family be damned.<br><br>But the Lathrop women feel differently. Family matriarch Eleanor seeks