THE MATTANG The Spirit Current Book 2
They have arrived. That turns out to be the easy part.By A.Jay
Length8h 26m
About this audiobook
The crew of the sailing canoe Iroij-Lik has crossed the open Pacific from a dying coral atoll to the high islands — a world of mountains and running water and deep soil, of food that grows without being coaxed, of people who have been here so long they have stopped finding it remarkable.
Now begins the harder work: learning what this place knows. Not collecting it — learning it, which is slower, and requires being taught, which requires being trusted. There is a language to acquire, a lagoon that does not behave the way a lagoon should, and a set of questions about how far this road actually goes and who among them is willing to follow it.
A mattang is a navigation instrument built from the curved ribs of palm fronds, bound with cord and weighted with cowrie shells. It is not a map. It does not show where the islands are. It shows the shape of how the ocean moves around them — the way deep swells are bent and reflected by land that cannot yet be seen.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Other
Length8 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE MATTANG
12CHAPTER EIGHT
2A Note on the Title
13CHAPTER NINE
3PROLOGUE
14CHAPTER TEN
4PART ONE
15CHAPTER ELEVEN
5CHAPTER ONE
16CHAPTER TWELVE
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6CHAPTER TWO
17CHAPTER THIRTEEN
7CHAPTER THREE
18CHAPTER FOURTEEN
8CHAPTER FOUR
19CHAPTER FIFTEEN
9CHAPTER FIVE
20CHAPTER SIXTEEN
10CHAPTER SIX
21GLOSSARY
11CHAPTER SEVEN
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