Daughter of the Reef: Ancient Tahiti Book 1, Book 1

Clare Coleman

May 2014 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

In the first volume, DAUGHTER OF THE REEF, Tepua, the daughter of a chief sails from her coral atoll home toward her planned, and ritually mandated, marriage. But she never reaches her destination because a violent storm damages her vessel and leaves her stranded on the shores of Tahiti, a land previously unknown to her. She is made unwelcome because of her foreignness and is victimized because of her weakness and innocence, but her spirit is strong and her will to survive and thrive is boundless.
The world of Tahiti is very different from the one she has known, beautiful, savage and mystical by turns. But she is determined to build herself a new life and, in the process, she will change the destiny of all for generations to come.

About the author

Clare Coleman is a joint pseudonym for Clare Bell, author of the Ratha series about pre-historic giant cats, and Malcolm Coleman Easton.

Born in England in 1952, Clare Bell moved to the US in 1957. She worked in oceanography, electrical engineering, test equipment design and mechanical engineering before she wrote her first book, Ratha's Creature (1983), the story of a prehistoric wildcat who learns to tame fire. Since then she has continued to write fantasy and science fiction for children and adults. She says, 'I am still fascinated by prehistoric animals and big cats, as showcased in the five Ratha series novels. I consider my two little cats, Danny and Athena, to be research assistants as well as companions and have learned a lot from them.' 'My stories show sociological themes as well, exploring the changes that are brought about in culture through technology, even one as crude as fire. I also enjoy creating plausible and workable prehistoric animal and alien characters. The central theme of my fiction is evolution, a result of my being influenced early by the works of C.S. Lewis, Olaf Stapledon, and Arthur C. Clarke.'

Malcolm Coleman Easton (1942- ) is a US writer also employed in computer science and engineering research. His first published work, "Superflare" for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1980, was written under the pseudonym Coleman Brax. He used this name for a number of further magazine publications.