Not an earthquake nor muggers-nothing-stops Jerry from clawing his way back through the stormy Pacific and over thug-infested mountains to his personal Paradise, where the former military interrogator had met his match-Cat, a gorgeous woman with anarchistic notions and a feisty temperament.
The residents of Kailua, a Hawaiian beach town isolated by an earthquake, are led by Cat in their fight to stay alive, despite ravages of Nature and the opportunism of their political representatives. They harass the Marine base, threaten the Governor-nothing is off limits, as long as some supplies can be won. Freethinking ideas battle conservative beliefs while the protagonists grope for ways of dealing with the cataclysm.
Tales of high-seas adventures mix with the politics of disaster relief; a story of romantic love interweaves with depictions of sexual slavery; Hawaiian independence mingles with economics-the worldviews presented here are only infrequently encountered in the mainstream media.
Now he was sure that she was planning an ambush. She was smiling slightly, not with her usual warm smile, more like a fox’s mouth twitching before she jumps a chicken. Still, he couldn’t see the trap. “And Kalani, how could you help Kalani?” she asked sweetly. Jerry had a premonition that a club was being swung. “Well, Kalani could apply for a scholarship grant, get a government guaranteed loan. Since she is, probably, in a low income bracket, she might get free or discounted tuition . . .” He saw Cat was moving in for the kill. She leaned forward and put her hand on his. There was no warmth coming from her palm, rather the feeling of being held so that he could not escape at the last moment. “You are very kind, Jerry. Now, as an economist, tell me who should pay for all these things that you have just granted?”
About Alex Z. Modzelewski
Alex Modzelewski is a surgeon who worked his way from Poland—through many locations in Europe, Africa, Canada and the United States—all the way to Hawaii. During those years, people of many cultures shared with him their intimate stories, arguing enigmatic worldviews in their various accents—they now appear in his books. The mysteries of human motivation, the portrayal of love in its many forms, and the human desire of adventure are among the subjects under the author’s scrutiny, set in the background of his passions: sailing and kayaking.
Not an earthquake nor muggers-nothing-stops Jerry from clawing his way back through the stormy Pacific and over thug-infested mountains to his personal Paradise, where the former military interrogator had met his match-Cat, a gorgeous woman with anarchistic notions and a feisty temperament. 
Alex Modzelewski is a surgeon who worked his way from Poland—through many locations in Europe, Africa, Canada and the United States—all the way to Hawaii. During those years, people of many cultures shared with him their intimate stories, arguing enigmatic worldviews in their various accents—they now appear in his books. The mysteries of human motivation, the portrayal of love in its many forms, and the human desire of adventure are among the subjects under the author’s scrutiny, set in the background of his passions: sailing and kayaking.