Aros Crystos' novel Embracing Aloha honors the ancient wisdom of the indigenous Hawaiian people and the true meaning of "Aloha." The characters' adventures confront the issues of protecting indigenous culture, ecological destruction, and unbridled greed. Beyond a simplistic marketing slogan, "Aloha" represents the divine connection between all of us, literally the divine breath of creation that we all share and our global struggle with the interconnectedness of our actions and their spiritual effects on us and our planet. A crooked politician plans to build a casino in a sacred valley and set in motion not only the wrath of the ancient gods, he will unwittingly trigger the ecological and spiritual destruction of the islands and the entire planet. The novel tells the story of Tutu, the respected matriarch of the valley community near Honolulu, and her young adult family of rescued orphans who fight to save their sacred valley from greed, corruption, and ecological disaster. Revealing the hidden code of "ALOHA" and the ancient Kahuna teachings hidden away from the missionaries over two hundred years ago, Tutu's story inspires us all to freedom from our concepts of limitation and separation, and to recognize the unifying divinity within us all.