Table Of Content

Title Page Page: iii Copyright Notice Page: iii Dedication Page: iii Part I: Deliverance Page: v Chapter 1. Malia, 1995 Page: 1 Chapter 2. Nainoa, 2000 Page: 19 Chapter 3. Kaui, 2001 Page: 30 Chapter 4. Dean, 2001 Page: 47 Chapter 5. Malia, 2002 Page: 66 Part II: Ascension Page: 75 Chapter 6. Dean, 2004 Page: 77 Chapter 7. Kaui, 2007 Page: 90 Chapter 8. Nainoa, 2008 Page: 103 Chapter 9. Kaui, 2008 Page: 116 Chapter 10. Dean, 2008 Page: 131 Chapter 11. Nainoa, 2008 Page: 138 Chapter 12. Kaui, 2008 Page: 154 Chapter 13. Nainoa, 2008 Page: 160 Chapter 14. Dean, 2008 Page: 168 Chapter 15. Nainoa, 2008 Page: 173 Chapter 16. Malia, 2008 Page: 179 Chapter 17. Nainoa, 2008 Page: 182 Part III: Destruction Page: 191 Chapter 18. Kaui, 2008 Page: 193 Chapter 19. Dean, 2008 Page: 201 Chapter 20. Malia, 2008 Page: 212 Chapter 21. Dean, 2008 Page: 221 Chapter 22. Kaui, 2008 Page: 233 Chapter 23. Malia, 2008 Page: 245 Chapter 24. Malia, 2009 Page: 251 Chapter 25. Kaui, 2009 Page: 253 Chapter 26. Dean, 2009 Page: 259 Chapter 27. Kaui, 2009 Page: 276 Part IV: Revival Page: 281 Chapter 28. Malia, 2009 Page: 283 Chapter 29. Kaui, 2009 Page: 287 Chapter 30. Dean, 2009 Page: 296 Chapter 31. Malia, 2009 Page: 313 Chapter 32. Kaui, 2009 Page: 317 Chapter 33. Dean, 2009 Page: 324 Chapter 34. Kaui, 2009 Page: 327 Chapter 35. Dean, 2009 Page: 332 Chapter 36. Kaui, 2009 Page: 342 Chapter 37. Malia, 2009 Page: 351 Chapter 38. Kaui, 2009 Page: 359 Chapter 39. Augie, 2009 Page: 366 Acknowledgments Page: 373 Discussion Guide Page: 376 Questions and Topics for Discussion Page: 377 In Conversation with Marlon James Page: 381 Praise For Sharks in the Time of Saviors Page: 388 A Note About the Author Page: d Newsletter Sign-up Page: i Copyright Page: i

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WINNER OF THE 2020 PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL.

One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020. A finalist for the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. Named one of the Best Books of 2020 by the New York Times (#30), the Guardian, the Boston Globe, Oprah Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, BBC Culture, Good Housekeeping, LitHub, Spectrum Culture, Third Place Books, and Powell's Books.

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.

“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. All told with daredevil lyricism to burn. A ferocious debut.”
—MARLON JAMES, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf

“So good it hurts and hurts to where it heals. It is revelatory and unputdownable. Washburn is an extraordinarily brilliant new talent.”
—TOMMY ORANGE, author of There There

Named one of the most anticipated novels for 2020 by the Guardian and Paste Magazine. One of Book Riot’s Best Books to Give as Gifts in 2020.

In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. 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. 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.

When supernatural events revisit the Flores family in Hawai’i—with tragic consequences—they are all forced to reckon with the bonds of family, the meaning of heritage, and the cost of survival.