DescriptionA full-colour illustrated, hardcover, chapter book for readers 6 years from the world-renowned author of Whale Rider, this is the spine-tingling, fast-paced sequel to the bestselling Astromancer.ReviewsLouise Ward, NZ Herald ~ ‘Chock full of danger, heroes, old wisdom and new blood. . . . this is an action adventure story where we learn in the best way – by being thoroughly absorbed in a wonderful story.’About the Kiwi creatorsThree-time winner of the Wattie/Montana Book of the Year award, Katherine Mansfield fellow and playwright Witi Ihimaera is one of New Zealand’s most prolific and accomplished writers. Witi’s first novel, Tangi, won the Wattie Book of the Year Award in 1974, a feat he repeated with The Matriarch in 1986. His celebrated novel Bulibasha, King of the Gypsies, now adapted as the film Mahana, won the Montana Book of the Year award in 1995. Witi’s other novels and short story collections include The Whale Rider (also adapted as an internationally successful film); Dream Swimmer (sequel to the award-winning The Matriarch); Pounamu, Pounamu and Nights In The Gardens of Spain. In 2015 he published the first volume of his autobiography, Maori Boy.Isobel Te Aho-White (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tahu) is an award-winning Illustrator based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
