“The narrator of this novel is a poet of ghosts & goodbyes – a long afternoon of good times – now that day is coming to an end – here is Hawaii from Punahou to outlaw house hidden among mango trees and haole koa in the middle of Lahaina town – here is a tale of the time when so many good people crashed for lack of a way out – Maui gangsters & coral divers – outlaws into the romance – black coral from depths of solitary rapture – to hold off chaos they got the bonds of loyalty – to be who they were all the way – Michael McPherson writes a taut prose like he writes a taut poetry – Rivers of the Sun is about a Hawaii not touched upon by other Hawaii writers.”–Albert Saijo
