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Fiji's Cannibalistic Past in Spotlight
Writers say their work doesn't gloss over the cannibalism they claim was rife in Fiji.
PAPAMOA, NEW ZEALAND, November 07, 2011 /Books PR News/ -- New Zealand father-and-son writing team Lance and James Morcan, co-authors of the newly-released historical adventure novel, Fiji, say their book doesn't gloss over the cannibalism they claim was rife in Fiji.
New Zealand-based novelist and screenwriter Lance Morcan, who writes novels and feature film screenplays in collaboration with his Sydney-based son James, says Fiji wasn't called 'the Cannibal Isles' for nothing.
"The history books show Fiji was a melting pot of cannibals, warring native tribes, sailors, traders, prostitutes, escaped convicts and all manner of foreign undesirables," he says. "It's in this hostile environment our story is set."
Published by Sterling Gate Books, the novel is set in 19th Century Fiji. The publisher describes it as 'a spellbinding novel of adventure, cultural misunderstandings, religious conflict and sexual tension set in one of the most exotic and isolated places on earth'.
The story is a fast-paced adventure-romance about an innocent young Englishwoman and a worldly American adventurer who are thrown together in Fiji in the mid-1800's.
Lance says Fiji was inspired by James A. Michener's classic novel, Hawaii.
"To our knowledge, there has never been a novel that truly does justice to Fiji," he says. "Having spent a lot of time in Fiji, I've long felt a novel that captures Fiji's culture, exoticness and beauty is long overdue."
Fiji is now available on Amazon in both ebook and paperback form, and will soon be available in selected book stores and libraries worldwide.
The Morcans, who are also film producers, are developing a feature film adaptation of Fiji through their film production company, Morcan Motion Pictures.
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