A sweeping debut, crossing from China to Hawaii, that follows three generations of a wealthy dynasty whose rise and decline is riddled with secrets and tragic love --- from a young, powerful new voice in fiction.
 

Frank Leong, a prominent shipping industrialist and head of the celebrated Leong family, brings his loved ones from China to Hawaii at the turn of the 20th century, abandoning his interests at the port of Tsingtao when the Japanese invade. But something ancient follows the Leongs to the islands, haunting them --- the parable of the red string of fate. According to Chinese legend, the red string binds one to her intended beloved, but also punishes for mistakes in love, twisting any misstep into a destructive knot that passes down through generations.
 

Told through the eyes of the Leongs' secret-keeping daughters and wives --- and spanning the Boxer Rebellion, Pearl Harbor and 1960s Hawaii --- DIAMOND HEAD is an exploration of whether there's such a thing as a legacy of the heart. Passionate and devastating, it is a story filled with love, lies, loss and --- most astounding of all --- hope.

Diamond Head
by Cecily Wong

• Publication Date: March 29, 2016
• Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction
• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• ISBN-10: 0062345443
• ISBN-13: 9780062345448