Nation By Terry Pratchet Summary

In Nation, by Terry Pratchet, on a boat not far from where Mau was trouble was brewing. On an island called “the island of boys”, a distant wave grew larger than any other wave ever named. This was later called “The Wave” by all of the islanders that arrived in the aftermath of the wave on the island called the Nation. The main characters are named Mau and Daphne, both around 14, Mau being the islander and Daphne the “Trousermen”, basically anyone not from the island that wore clothes. Mau was able to communicate with the grandfathers, all of the great warriors that died, along with Locaha, their god of death. As the story goes, Mau is fighting over control over everyone trying to change the way he thinks and tell him what to do.
One of the times when Mau is getting lost over Locaha’s words is when Daphne and Mau just make a bond of friendship. Mua was just putting Captain Roberts, the deceased captain of the ship daphne was riding in the dark waters ( the ocean) when his hat fell of. It is known that Captain Roberts always wore his hat so Daphne rush after the floating hat. The problem
From him trying to persuade Mau into drowning himself, once he even tried to kill him once. One day an old priest that had arrived on the island was trying to destroy god stones ( rocks that are holy to their beliefs) that he thought did not belong. He was diving on the lagoon with a pickaxe and hacking away at the stones that were scattered. Mau had to dive down to stop him and on the way up the priest scraped himself badly. Mau was told a secret word to keep the shark away but tired him drastically. When Mau was finally on the beach Locaha knew it was time to strike. He forced his soul into a place called the “shadow place”. Daphne was forced to go into the shadow place and rescue Mau by showing him the way out and waking his unconscious body from getting swallowed by the shadow place, where Locaha was