Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka bucolic i mea infernal. Tana Palani lawe ʻia ʻo ia i loko o kēia puke e kēlā ʻano kūlike i nā counterpoint. ʻO kahi pāʻani o ke kukui a me ke aka e kau pono i loko o kahi ʻano o ka suspense e pili ana i ka noir kahi o nā hiʻohiʻona a me kā lākou mau ʻoiaʻiʻo hewa e hōʻoiaʻiʻo mau ai ...
Ua manaʻo ʻo Cal Hooper ʻo ka hoʻi i kahi kūlanakauhale nalowale ma ʻIlalani a hoʻolaʻa iā ia iho no ka hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻana i kahi hale liʻiliʻi ka pakele loa. Ma hope o iwakāluakūmālima mau makahiki i ka mākaʻi o Kikako, a ma hope o ka hemo ʻana o ka hemo, ua makemake wale ʻo ia e kūkulu i kahi ola hou ma kahi maikaʻi kahi hale inu maikaʻi a ʻaʻohe mea i hiki.
A hiki i kekahi lā maikaʻi hele mai kahi keikikāne mai ke kaona e ʻike iā ia e noi i kāna kōkua. Ua nalowale kona kaikaina a ʻaʻohe mea mālama, ʻo ka mea liʻiliʻi loa o nā mākaʻi. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Cal i kekahi mea e hana me kekahi hoʻokolokolo, akā ʻo kahi mea undefined e pale iā ia mai ka haʻalele ʻana iā ia iho. ʻAʻole lōʻihi ka manawa e ʻike ai ʻo Cal ʻoiai he mea huna nā kauhale idyllic nui loa, ʻaʻole like ka poʻe me ka mea a lākou e ʻike ai, a hiki i ka pilikia ke kīkē i kou puka.
ʻO ka mea kākau ʻoi loa o ka kānalua o kā mākou lā e ulana i kahi moʻolelo koʻikoʻi e lawe i kou hanu mai ka nani a me nā mea hoʻopunipuni e puka ana, ʻoiai e noʻonoʻo ana pehea mākou e hoʻoholo ai i ka mea kūpono a me nā mea hewa i loko o ka honua kahi ʻo ka ʻē aʻe maʻalahi ia, a no ke aha mākou e pilikia ai ke hana hewa.
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