The Sharks of Vunilagi: A Pacific Thriller

By Sai Lealea MNZM

The sea spared him once. The island changed him forever.
When English sailor Thomas Vale survives a shipwreck in the remote Fiji islands, he believes his greatest battle is over. Instead, he is drawn into the dangerous world of Vunilagi-an island divided by warfare, ancient loyalties and sacred traditions.
Taken in by the formidable Ratu Qoro, Thomas marries the chief's daughter, Adi Litia, and is reborn as Tomasi. Over the years, he gains a family, a people and a place among the island's warriors. But acceptance comes at a terrible price: to belong, he must take part in customs that once filled him with horror.
The arrival of Christian missionaries forces Tomasi to confront the man he has become. Yet abandoning the old ways proves almost impossible-until his own daughter, Mereani, is captured in battle and marked for a ceremonial feast.
Tomasi risks everything to rescue her. Their escape carries them into the open Pacific, where a capsized canoe leaves father and daughter swimming for two nights through shark-filled waters. Guided by the ancestral sharks of Mereani's people, they struggle toward the distant reef and the possibility of home.
But the sea has not finished with them.
Set against the beauty and danger of the Fiji islands, The Sharks of Vunilagi is a gripping Pacific tale of shipwreck, cultural transformation, forbidden loyalties, faith, sacrifice and redemption. It is a story about the terrible choices people make to belong-and the extraordinary courage required to change.
A work of fiction inspired in part by a real tragedy at sea and by the enduring strength, spirituality and traditions of Fiji's island communities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HKJ8VCC5
• ISBN13: 9798175898546
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 43 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"