oahu (hawaii)

"Punky loves to do a lot of things--except meeting new friends. She doesn't feel brave enough. So when her grandmother asks her to go out and grab butter for her famous banana bread, Punky hesitates. But with the help of her grandmother's magical sunglasses, and with a lot of aloha in her heart, Punky sets off on a BIG adventure for the very first time"--Provided by publisher.

A group of graduate students accepts work with a mysterious biotech company in Hawaii only to be abandoned in a treacherous wilderness when they discover their employer's dark agenda.

When three men are found dead in a Honolulu office building it is up seven microbiologists to go to Oahu, Hawaii, to figure out a groundbreaking technology.