Prevailing Winds

This story takes place on a small island somewhere in the South Pacific around the eighteenth century A.D. The Polynesian people were just beginning to experiment with sea travel, building and sailing canoes between neighboring islands. As their skills and knowledge grew, so did their voyages. Eventually some of these people left their island in search of a new life.

Although some departed not only seeking adventure but also a better life, many wanted to escape the brutality of human sacrifice that was practiced among some tribes on various islands.

This story is about one tribe who were victims of this violence and their ability to survive. This tribe, with less than one hundred people, lived on an island inhabited only by them.