“The great migration to Kupe’s land took on some urgency as winter seamlessly slid into spring. Hotu and captains of the fleet’s other voyaging canoes – nine in all – wanted to begin their journey before the start of the mid-summer cyclone season. Already the long-tailed cuckoos had begun their southern migration, and every day the sun seemed hotter and higher in the sky.” ActionRomanceAdventureHistorical FictionWarfareHistorical RomanceAdventure NovelsVoyage Of Discovery Book:New Zealand Source: New Zealand
“Cannibalism was widely practised by Maori and it continued until well into the 1800’s, especially during the Musket Wars of the early 1800’s when a quarter of the Maori race perished in inter-tribal warfare.” Historical FictionHistorical RomanceNew ZealandCannibalismAction AdventureAotearoaAdventure NovelsMaorisCaptain CookThe Endeavour Book:New Zealand Source: New Zealand
“The Tahitian beauty is Tahitian Queen Obadia who believes the blue-eyed, blond-haired Nicholas has been sent to her by the island’s gods to give her the child she has never had.” Coming Of AgeHistorical FictionHistorical RomanceNew ZealandAotearoaAdventure NovelsMaorisMultiracial Romance Book:New Zealand Source: New Zealand
“At the sight of Queen Obadia, the air was driven from Nicholas’s lungs. It was as if Hercules himself had punched him in the gut. She’s beautiful! Nicholas fought for breath as he took in every feature of the royal figurehead who was now standing only a few paces from him. He knew there wasn’t a more exquisite creature on the face of the planet. Others around him were equally impressed.” Coming Of AgeHistorical FictionHistorical RomanceNew ZealandAotearoaAdventure NovelsMaorisMultiracial RomanceRomantic Liaisons Book:New Zealand Source: New Zealand
“Despite the fact that she was probably nearer forty than thirty, her radiance and beauty outshone that of the prettiest wahine. Statuesque, her golden skin was unblemished, and beneath the colourful cape that hung from her graceful shoulders her body was, in Nicholas’s opinion, perfection personified.” Coming Of AgeHistorical FictionHistorical RomanceNew ZealandAotearoaAdventure NovelsMultiracial RomanceTransit Of Venus Book:New Zealand Source: New Zealand
“High cheek bones gave Queen Obadia's face a rare and exotic beauty, but her most riveting feature was her almond eyes. Large and hypnotic, they roamed over the faces of the visitors seated before her, settling for one magical instant on Nicholas’s face. In that split-second he thought he saw something register in the queen’s eyes. Then it was gone as she turned her attention to others.” Coming Of AgeHistorical FictionHistorical RomanceNew ZealandTahitiAotearoaMaorisMultiracial RomanceTransit Of Venus Book:New Zealand Source: New Zealand
“To Nine’s way of thinking, the problems surrounding the exploitation of coltan in the DRC epitomized the problems the entire African continent faced in capitalizing on the huge untapped wealth that lay beneath its surface. Corruption, political unrest and outside interference from non-African countries ensured the continent that should be the world’s wealthiest remained the poorest.” AfricaCongoColtanThe Oprhan Trilogy Book:The Orphan Uprising Source: The Orphan Uprising
“Fracturing of the psyche is said to be conducive to creating the phenomenon that has been termed sleeper assassins. According to such theories, the first psychiatrists employed to master mind control studied mental patients who had been diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder, which medical science has since renamed Dissociative Identity Disorder. Many of those psychiatrists are said to have been Paperclip Nazi doctors who were brought to the US after conducting radical psychiatric experiments on patients during the Holocaust – the same doctors whose victims not only included Jews, Gyspies, political agitators and homosexuals, but also the mentally ill.” HolocaustMind ControlBrainwashingMkultraThe Orphan TrilogyManchurian Candidates Book:The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy Source: The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy
“Subjective storytelling is now almost as common in the news media as it is in feature films, TV dramas, novels or theater shows. Journalists at their worst are self-centered storytellers who either knowingly or unknowingly bend truths into stories that match their personal beliefs or those of their employers.” MediaNewsJournalismThe Orphan TrilogyLance MorcanThe Orphan Conspiracies Book:The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy Source: The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy
“If elitist groups like Bohemian Club, the CFR and the Bilderberg Group select and groom candidates to become Presidents of the US then isn’t it safe to assume they also dictate certain policies once their alumni are in the White House?” White HouseUs PresidentsBilderbergBohemian GroveCfrCouncil On Foreign RelationsBohemian Club Book:The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy Source: The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy
“Shrouded in cloud at the bottom of the world, this was the land that time forgot: the last sizeable piece of undiscovered land on Earth. Two hundred million years after breaking away from the vast southern continent of Gondwana, Man had yet to leave his footprints on this prehistoric place.” Historical FictionHistorical RomanceNew ZealandAdventure NovelsMaoris Book:New Zealand Source: New Zealand
“The pull of the southern land was strong now. Stronger than ever. Almost as strong as the offshore currents that swept past Hawaiki, the South Pacific island nation hidden away in one of the world’s most isolated regions. Hotu had experienced this pull before, but never like today.” Historical FictionHistorical RomanceCannibalismAdventure NovelsMaorisMultiracial RomanceHawaikiIntertribal Warfare Book:New Zealand Source: New Zealand
“Ever since boyhood, he had dreamed of the mysterious place his ancestors had discovered far to the south centuries earlier. A direct descendant of the great Polynesian explorer Kupe, Hotu shared many of his famous forefather's traits. Like Kupe and, indeed, like most Hawaikans, he was a born sailor. He had that uncanny ability to safely cross huge tracts of ocean, using only the sun and stars as his compass.” HistoryDiscoveryHistorical FictionHistorical RomanceAdventure NovelsMultiracial RomanceAotearoa New ZealandNew Release 2025 Book:New Zealand Source: New Zealand
“To understand the Dreamtime, you must understand that we do not own the land. The land is our mother and she owns and nurtures us.” AustraliaEnvironmentalismIndigenous PeoplesGreen MovementIndigenous AustraliansAustralian AboriginalAboriginal WisdomNative PeoplesProtect The EarthFirst Australians Book:White Spirit Source: White Spirit
“Manipulating the media is akin to poisoning a nation’s water supply – it affects all of our lives in unimaginable ways.” MediaJournalismPropagandaMedia ManipulationLance Morcan Book:The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy Source: The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy
“The media, like anything else, can be bought. Everything, it seems, has its price. Even the free press.” MediaNewsJournalismFree PressThe Press Book:The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy Source: The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy