The Islands at the End of the World

A riveting YA debut: an eco-thriller set in Hawaii full of unexpected twists, terrific action, and big ideas about a terrifying disaster that just might happen . . .

In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani's epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster, if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways.

A powerful story enriched by fascinating elements of Hawaiian ecology, culture, and warfare, this captivating and dramatic debut from Austin Aslan is the first of two novels.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

AUSTIN ASLAN has been an EMT, a community organizer, a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, and he once ran a Congressional campaign in Oregon. He recently received his Masters in Tropical Conservation Biology from the University of Hawaii in Hilo. The Islands at the End of the Earth is his first novel.