Noa Kahale left Hāna behind twenty years ago when his bride, Lokelani, vanished. No one believed him when he insisted he had nothing to do with his newlywed wife disappearing. Held wrongfully responsible, blamed, and estranged from his family – his ‘ohana – he moved to the mainland. There, he focused on and succeeded in his dream to become a renowned author. Currently writing a novel about a marine biologist and the honu on Maui, he returns to Hāna but quickly discovers that all is not right in his town: There have been break-ins and assaults. This is not the Hāna he remembers. And he encounters members of his family he didn’t even know existed. Fighting twenty-year-old resentments, Noa tries to re-establish his sense of place in the close-knit town he loves. He forges new connections and works to renew old ones. He steps up to help in numerous ways when he discovers it is what he wants and needs to do – for those whom he loves; for those whom he has respect for; and finally, for himself.