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336 p
"When tapu is broken, utu is swift and deadly"--Cover
Summary: A paranormal thriller about what happens when a Pakeha family unwittingly invoke an ancient tohunga's curse. When Billy Delaney steals coins from a sacred rock on the shores of Lake Taupo, he has no idea what he is about to unleash upon himself and his family. First there is a terrible accident. Then the Delaneys begin to die horribly, one by one. It is left to Billy's sister Saffron and her unlikely ally, Nick - a burnt out war photographer - to appease the wrath of the ancient tohunga Tama Ariki, whose quest for utu for his slain mokopuna echoes down the years
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