Description: In "Songs of Thalassa"... [Tissot] blends cutting-edge oceanography, marine biology, Hawaiian culture, and music into a delightful hard-SF tale sure to join the ranks of fine water worlds." --Don Sakers, "Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine" "Hawaiian surfing, spirituality, science and science fiction merge in this futurist epic." --David Helvarg, Author of "The Golden Shore" "The Song of Thalassa helps us understand what it means to love and listen with our hearts. Building on the aloha that the Hawaiian culture shares with the world, Tissot expands this love to the stars." -- Noelani Puniwai, PhD. Professor, University of Hawaii School of Hawaiian Knowledge "Like a beautiful melody, Songs of Thalassa will fill your heart, mind, and soul. I hope you join in the song..." --Michelle Tissot, Writer "An inspiring blend of Hawaiian spirituality, big-wave surfing, and ocean science set in the fictional reaches of deep space." --Mark Hixon, PhD. Surfer, Marine Biologist "Surfing, astronomy, extra-terrestrial planetary and marine science... entwined in an action-filled thought-provoking story of personal growth, Hawaiian spirituality, and future resource exploration. Beautifully written... you'll feel like you are in the story with the characters!" --Michelle Clapper-Wachi, Aquatic Biologist "The story has an engaging and innovative storyline--the mix of oceanography and surfing on a low-gravity exoplanet is a really cool idea... a reader is likely to learn a lot about volcanology, ecology, and planetary science from this story." --Joe Pitkin, author of "Stranger Bird" "Awesome. Tissot not only succeeds in capturing on the page what it is to surf big waves (a rare feat), but he also seamlessly constructs a universe around the love of surfing that has spread to other planets." -- James Lindholm, PhD. Surfer, Marine Biologist, and author of "Blood Cold."

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