This truly spic novel spans the world, and reaches the heights of love and the depths of despair and degradation. From peaceful Hawaii to the turmoil of pre-war Europe, through war-torn Asia to the last throes of war in the Pacific, we follow Keo, the 'hula man' and the two passions which sustain his life - his lifelong, relentless love for Sunny, and his matchless power over music, a power to reach for the sublime and transport his listeners, and his readers, with him. In spellbinding prose, Kiana Davenport follows the odyssey of one resilient man searching for his soul mate after she is torn from his side by the forces of war. This extraordinary novel also sheds a stark light on the unspoken fate that befell thousands of women during this dark time in history. As haunting as a trumpet's final note, Song of the Exile is a mesmerising story of music and myth, tragedy and triumph, survival and transcendence.