THE SOUL AJAR, A Love Story

3.8/5 ( ratings)

From bestselling Hawaiian author, Kiana Davenport, comes 'The Soul Ajar,' a riveting political thriller and love story. Set primarily in contemporary Russia and the United States, here is a novel that brilliantly knits together four seemingly unconnected lives: Adam, a CIA intelligence operative who suffers from albinism, and searches for the Russian assassin who killed his mother, an act he witnessed as a child; Lily, a young Hawaiian-Chinese journalist who falls in love with him; Bazil, an Indian intelligence operative from Mumbai who befriends Adam; and Zahira, a beautiful Afghani girl mutilated by the Taliban. In this searing and multi-faceted novel, Davenport reveals the paths these characters travel as their lives become intertwined in a haunting and timeless story of the love that binds humans together, and the wars that continue to tear us apart.

~ Praise For Kiana Davenport's Novels ~

THE SPY LOVER

"A great love story written in beautiful prose. It's been a long time since I cried while reading a novel. Davenport is a brilliant writer." -- The Huffington Post

"Beautiful writing. A page-turner. I could not lay it down. It will likely become a classic like 'Cold Mountain.' " -- The Washington Times

"Davenport is ingenious. A powerful story of love and war. A novel you are unlikely to ever forget." -- Book Reporter

HOUSE OF MANY GODS

"A powerful and moving experience." -- The Washington Post

"A lush, ambitious novel that offers a fascinating glimpse into the beauty and contradictions of Native Hawaiian culture." -- Publisher's Weekly

"Davenport mines the depths of emotions. Readers who enjoy a Doctor Zhivago-like saga will appreciate the broad scope of this novel." -- Library Journal

SONG OF THE EXILE

"Deeply moving. She possesses the qualities all great writers have: deep compassion for their subjects. You can't read Kiana Davenport without being transformed." -- Alice Walker

"Incredible. Haunting. A powerful tale of love and loss." -- Booklist

"What separates 'Song of the Exile' from popular novels is its intensity of feeling, its sensuous detail on every page, its dedication to a level of writing few bestsellers possess." -- Norman Mailer

SHARK DIALOGUES

"Great storytelling! An epic feminine saga. Davenport's prose is sharp and shining as a sword. Yet her sense of poetry and love of nature permeates each line."
-- Isabel Allende

"Torrid, yet intelligent. Compares with the fiction of Toni Morrison." -- Glamour

"A giant, image-fevered, luxuriant saga of a Hawaiian family...powerful, memorable, intoxicating." -- Kirkus Reviews.

~ Praise for Kiana Davenport's Prize-Winning Pacific Story Collections ~

HOUSE OF SKIN

"Haunting, hypnotic and beautiful." "Astonishing writing!" "Magical and powerful stories about Hawaiians and the people of the Pacific." "Brilliant and scary."
-- Amazon Reader Reviews

CANNIBAL NIGHTS

"Stunned by the power of these stories!" "She is a master tale-spinner." Great stories about obsession, loss and love." "Her stories are exotic, vivid, beautiful and intense. I am a huge fan!" "Extraordinary." -- Amazon Reader Reviews

OPIUM DREAMS

"Hair-raisingly beautiful! I learned so much about the people of the Pacific Islands.