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

Barrett's men found him unconscious and lying in a pool of urine, blood and vomit. His eyes swelled almost shut and blood smeared his face where his teeth had bitten through his lips. Dickie's unknown assailants had come and gone and no one had seen or heard a thing. 


Chief Te Wharepouri decided that Barrett's antics had gone on long enough and intended to visit Dickie himself - it was time to even the score.  It was only fitting that he personally administer the punishment and take the life of Barrett, but recently he'd not been feeling well and was a little unsteady. But there was another reason why Barrett wasn't killed. An unexpected visitor had politely appealed to him to temporarily spare his life. After some discussion, the chief agreed, he would honour the unusual request.  


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