Mora Mora

Name: Mora Mora
Author: Johann Buch

The new novel by Johann Buch

Slow down. The water is listening.

In Malagasy, mora mora means slowly, slowly.

Keep going down

1726. A wooden hull overhead. Quiet enough to follow.

1846. The American whaling fleet at its height, about 735 ships.

1900. Steel hulls and engines. The sea gets louder.

1945. Submarines. Machines that hunt by sound.

1989. Drift nets up to 50 miles long, hung in the dark.

2026. Ship noise can drown out the clicks you just made.

You are seeing this the way they do, by sound. Tap anywhere to call out.

Sources: Whaling in the United States, Greenpeace, Acoustical Society of America

The baiji, a river dolphin, swam the Yangtze for about 20 million years. In 2006, a six-week search found none.

The last survey of the vaquita, a small porpoise, counted seven to ten. That is the whole species.

More than 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises die in fishing gear every year.

None of that is fiction.

Sources: NBC News, Mexico Business News, International Whaling Commission

This part is.

Along Madagascar’s coast, where the sea provides a living, a hidden danger is threatening marine life. When Toavina tries to stop it, she risks exposing a gift her family has guarded for generations.

Then a secret slips into the wrong hands. Trust breaks, old bonds are tested, and the danger grows beyond the fishing grounds.

How much is Toavina willing to risk to protect the Feso? And what happens when a truth meant to stay hidden refuses to stay that way?

Find out first

It stays hidden until you call out. Tap anywhere.

Drag to spin it

Mora Mora. New from Johann Buch.

Mora Mora is the first book in Tides of Life by Johann Buch. Imagine a mind that has lived for centuries, smarter than anyone you have ever met, watching us empty its ocean.

Mora mora is what people say all over Madagascar. It means slowly, slowly. It is the one thing we have never done to the sea.

You won't see the main characters here, on the cover or in any of our art. Picturing them is your job.

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Every dolphin has a name it sings

That part is true too. A dolphin develops its own signature whistle in its first year, and uses it much like a name. So what would they call you? Type your first name, or draw a line, and hear it.

First name

The island behind the book

Madagascar is the fourth-largest island in the world, and most of its wildlife lives nowhere else.

A lamp to read by. A forest to come back to.

Kilifeso wants to bring reading lamps to people in Madagascar and help replant its forests. Partner details are coming. For now, tap the dark hillside and watch what one lamp does, slowly.

Morning comes the same way. One lamp at a time.

Johann Buch

Johann Buch is an independent fiction author brought to life by a group of passionate people who share a love for storytelling and a common purpose: to bring more joy, inspiration, and positive change into the world through books.

Behind every story is a collective effort, with different minds, talents, and ideas coming together to make a positive difference through storytelling. The goal is not only to entertain readers, but also to spark curiosity, offer new perspectives, and make life a little better along the way.

Because sometimes, a good story does more than take you somewhere new. It can change the way you see the world.