The Breath of God

Believing God speaks to him through the archangel Gabriel, and

anointed with powers, Te Ua unites his people through a common

cause. He is determined to drive the imperial oppressors from

Maori land and return New Zealand to the righteous.

In early 1860’s New Zealand, the beautiful region of Taranaki

is engulfed in a brutal land war. Continuing with its unpopular

policy, the New Zealand government, bolstered by British soldiers,

seeks punitive and severe action against rebel Maori who openly

resist the Government’s determined e ort to confi scate their lands.

With regular army forces ill equipped to fi ght in the wilderness, the

specialist highly trained ‘Forest Rangers’ are tasked to pursue rebel

Maori deep into the rugged bush clad hills.

The Rangers newest recruit, Moana (Ira) Rangitira, a veteran of

the Crimean war, shows remarkable and unusual skills, Maori fear

and call him, ‘The ghost who walks’. Ira faces challenges that test

his will to survive, and can he protect what is closest to his heart, or

has everything been destroyed?

‘The Breath of God’ is the fi rst novel in the Moana Rangitira

adventure series.