Lucien has been shipwrecked on a remote south Pacific island. For the first few months he is alone. When Edgar arrives, Lucien is elated he finally has someone to talk to, to share experiences with. Through Edgar, Lucien even discovers things about himself he’d long since forgotten.<br><br>A massive tropical storm brings with it more than wind and rain. It brings a man called Abel. Strangely, when Abel arrives on the island, Edgar disappears. Despite searching for his dear friend, Lucien cannot find him, but the forbidden feelings initially unlocked by Edgar are further explored with Abel, and Lucien finds himself falling in love.<br><br>Then the cannibals arrive, bringing with them a second shipwreck survivor. What Lucien and Abel witness is unspeakable, but being unarmed and with danger so close, can they themselves survive? Or is their love doomed before it has a chance to blossom?

Under Azure Skies

“Have you ever tried to get off the island?”


“How? I have no tools to build anything.”


“I have no tools to cut down trees. Don’t you worry. I’ve had all the time in the world to consider every possible method of getting off this island. If there was a way, I would have thought of it. The best I could come up with was a signal fire, which I should go and check. It’s probably been blown all over the island.”


They arrived at the campsite, but Lucien saw no sign of Edgar.


“I wonder where he could have got to…”


“Yes, it’s strange he should be so shy. He isn’t usually.”


He helped Abel onto the edge of the mat. And while the mat looked a little worse for wear, his crooked spear was exactly where he’d left it.


“I’ll just get the fire going,” he said, kneeling by the circle of blackened stones. “That way you can dry out.”


Chapter 9