LODESTAR – Danton Remoto – The Philippine Star February 12, 2022 | 12:00am It is 1899 and the Americans are moving up north, in their colonization of the Philippines. Samkad lives in a tribe deep in the jungle and has never encountered anyone from outside his own tribe before. He’s about to become a man, and while he’s desperate to grow up, he’s worried that this will take him away from his best friend, Little Luki. However, Samkad’s world is about to change utterly. A strange man with white skin arrives in his village, and Samkad discovers Kinyo, the brother (a mirror image) he never knew he …