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Born in the Borneo jungle in 1609, Jaki Gefjon is the son of a beautiful tribeswoman and a Dutch trader. An outcast from birth because of his fair skin, he is adopted by a battle-scarred mystic named Jabalwan. Who teaches him the magic arts of survival - from healing to headshrinking. But kidnappedby pirates it is upon the high seas of Asia that Jaki comes of age, among men who live and die by violence and cruelty. The pull of gold however, is not as strong as Jaki's thirst for knowledge. His relentless adventures carry him to the far distant corners of the globe; to the farthest reaches of human consciousness; to a deeply passionate love; and finally to the Americas, where the promise of a new life in a new world beckons.
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Set in the early 17th century, the story's central character is Jaki Gefjon, son of a Dutch sailor and a Borneo tribeswoman. He begins a violent career as a pirate on the high seas of Asia, until his destiny beckons him to the far-off New World.
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A. A. Attanasio writes his fiction inside a volcano. The twenty-two novels and two short story collections he has published were all composed in Koko Crater, a dormant cinder cone near his home on the outskirts of Honolulu, Hawai’i.
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- PublisherGrafton
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0586069151
- ISBN 13 9780586069158
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages640
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