Parlay is the French king of a dying island tribe and the father of the sublime Armande. He's selling his pearls, a fortune collected from his island's lagoon. The wealthiest traders in the Solomon Islands have been invited to the auction, except for David Grief, the Englishman the natives call the Son of the Sun. Come hell or high water—probably both—Grief will be there. And he isn't coming for the pearls. This is a thrilling adaptation of two Jack London novellas, "A Son of