He pupule paha ia, akā ʻo ka pakele o Audie Palmer, ka lā ma mua o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, a ma hope o nā makahiki he ʻumi i ka malu, he kumu kūpono kūpono.
ʻOiai ʻo ia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka hale paʻahao, ua hele aku nā mea āpau iā ia me ka manaʻo maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole paha e ʻike i kahi o nā waiwai pio he 7 miliona a ua pau ia ma hope o nā kaola. Ke hele ma ke alanui, lilo i kā lākou alualu i mea weliweli a weliweli hoʻi.
ʻIke ʻia e ke kālā, ʻaʻole e hele kekahi o kāna mau mea ʻimi ʻē aʻe ma mua o ke kanalua i hoʻokumu ʻia e kāna pakele. No ke aha e pakele ai i ka lā ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia? Makemake nā kānaka āpau e ʻike i hea ke kālā a manaʻo lākou e kokoke ana ʻo Audie e hoʻihoʻi.
Akā he mau kuhi hou aʻe kā ka mea heluhelu, alakaʻi ʻia ʻo ia e nā ala piha hou aʻe, hele ʻo ia ma o kahi hoʻolālā kahi e loaʻa ai ka kānalua i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa loa mai ka lele a me ka ʻimi maʻalahi no ka loot. ʻO kahi mea ʻē aʻe e neʻe i ka mea mahuka, nā kumu i kaʻana like ʻia me ka mea heluhelu pūʻiwa, nāna e hele i mua i ka papahele i ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻomaʻau a me ka hala ʻole o ka manawa, kāna mea hoʻomaʻi ʻino loa.
ʻAʻole ʻimi ʻo Audie i kālā, ʻimi ʻo ia e hōʻea i ka manawa kūpono e hōʻalo ai i kahi pōʻino. Pehea ʻoe i ʻike ai i ka mea e hiki ke hiki? He aha ka mea i hoʻonāukiuki iā ʻoe e puka i waho o ka hale paʻahao 24 mau hola ma mua o kāu leka hoʻokuʻu?
ʻOi aku ka nui o kēlā mau hola 24 ma mua o ka mea. Pono ʻo Mikaele i ka manawa e mālama ai i kahi ola, a e hana ʻo ia i nā mea āpau i hiki ʻole i kekahi ke kāohi iā ia. A ʻo ka waiwai pio, ʻo ka mea liʻiliʻi paha ia ...
Mālama ʻo Audie i nā mea huna huna ʻole nui a hiki i ka hopena o ka puke, kahi e ʻike ai ka mea heluhelu a me kekahi o kāna poʻe alualu i ka nui o nā hanana. 10 mau makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao, ma waena o nā hana hoʻomāinoino a me nā hana ʻino i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻololi iā Audie, no ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a ʻoi paha o ka maikaʻi ʻole.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke Alive a i make paha, ka puke hou na Michael Robotham, eia: