A HONOLULU Magazine Exclusive Short Story: “Haleola’s Tears” by Alan Brennert
Read the prequel to “Moloka‘i” and “Daughter of Moloka‘i,” only available here.
January 1, 2021
By Alan Brennert
Only twenty-five miles of ocean separated the islands of O‘ahu and Moloka‘i, but to the reluctant travelers aboard the steamer
Kilauea, it felt as though it were a thousand leagues. The calm trade winds that cooled and gentled the land, when funneled through the narrow passage of the Kaiwi Channel, now turned violent and blustery. They raged the waters into ten-foot swells, as the engines of the Kilauea the little cattle boat looking as helpless on the waves as a piece of driftwood strained to keep the ship on its bearing. The journey from Honolulu had taken all of a very long night.