Author:
Paul W. Feenstra is a historical fiction novelist. Meticulously researched and detailed, his character driven novels create a dramatic window into our chronicled and complex past. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1959, to Dutch immigrants, Paul still commutes to Los Angeles, California, where he worked as a multiple ‘Emmy’ nominated entertainment industry professional.

Will justice prevail over greed and ruthless ambition?

July 1839, without the permission of the English Government, the New Zealand Company ship, Tory, quietly departed England, anxious to reach New Zealand with the utmost speed. Expedition leader, Colonel William Wakefield’s objective is clear –  acquire millions of acres of valuable land from the natives at the lowest possible price.

On board the Tory, Andrew and Eleanor Stewart, young Scottish emigrants indentured to the New Zealand Company, are excited at the prospect of beginning a new life in a perfect town called Britannia. It’s the Utopia the company promised. 

Boundary highlights adversity as settlers struggle to survive the hardships of a new colony. Where mounting claims of illegally obtained lands and deception force local Maori chiefs to resist. How much more can they endure before they finally take action and revolt? 

Caught between the loyalty to their employer, and helping Maori, Andrew and Eleanor encounter schemers and murderers as they challenge the powerful New Zealand Company and the men who govern. Meticulously researched, Boundary is a story of greed and injustice, and draws attention to an often-misunderstood dark passage in New Zealand’s early colonial history.

Boundary

Honi stooped through the door and timidly walked outside. The apprentice was lighting the fire and he nervously approached, convinced his time had come and he was about to be turned into a lizard.


"Come here, boy." Missy ordered, reverting back to Te Reo, the language of her people.


Honi hated being called a boy, he wasn't a boy he was a man, a warrior. Perhaps only a young warrior, but a warrior nonetheless.


He shuffled over. Afraid to look the tohunga in her eyes, he kept his head low.


"You were foolish to follow the Pakeha. You could easily have been killed," she admonished him. "What did you see today?"


Unsure how to respond Honi considered lying, but she would know if he did. "I saw whalers wait for Barrett, then when he walked from here, they attacked him with knives. One man hit him in the face."


Chapter 72