Marupa
The Legend of the Black Pearl
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About the Book
Marupa
In present day, Marupa, one of Shantu’s young warriors, falls in love with Alandra, the current chief’s eldest daughter. The chief of the island has not been able to bear a son and is concerned about who will replace him as chief once he is gone. At their annual Harvest Festival, the chief stuns the villagers with a startling announcement. He tells them that whoever brings back the black pearl gold necklace from Kuja will marry Alandra and eventually become chief of Shantu.
Although Marupa is an accomplished warrior, he must now face the challenge of eleven other warriors to retrieve the necklace. There will be many death-threatening perils that he must overcome in order to wed the Princess he loves.
The story revolves around the lives of Marupa, his family, pets, friends, and his love for Alandra. It is a refreshing and imaginative story that contains romance, humor, danger and adventure, courage and endurance, wisdom, friendship, family values and morals, and a quest for marriage to a princess.
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About the Author
Alex Morgan is a native Albuquerquean, and has made his residence there all of his life. Except for a four-year tour of duty in the U. S. Navy during the Vietnam crisis, Alex continues to live in Albuquerque. He first got his first taste of creative writing at the age of fifteen when he wrote his first song. He continued his songwriting, writing hundreds of songs, both words and music throughout his life. He has also written many short stories, and one other full-length manuscript, which he never attempted to publish. It was on a business trip from El Paso back to Albuquerque that Alex got the idea for the script of Marupa. While driving back home, he wrote eight pages of the script and then typed it into his word processor upon arriving at home. It sat on the shelf for a year before he decided to complete the story into a complete novel. As he wrote this novel, he envisioned it as an animated movie. Alex is working on a sequel to Marupa. Already two-thirds finished, he is just as excited about the sequel as he was about his first novel. "The sequel is absolutely powerful in it’s contents," explains the author. "There is a tremendous amount of action, new characters, and a combination of storylines that all come together at the end of the story." He is also making room in this sequel for yet another sequel of Marupa.