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.


Believing God speaks to him through the archangel Gabriel, and anointed with powers, Te Ua unites his people through a common cause. He is determined to drive the imperial oppressors from Maori land and return New Zealand to the righteous.

In early 1860’s New Zealand, the beautiful region of Taranaki is engulfed in a brutal land war. Continuing with its unpopular policy, the New Zealand government, bolstered by British soldiers, seeks punitive and severe action against rebel Maori who openly resist the Government’s determined effort to confiscate their lands.  With regular army forces ill equipped to fight in the wilderness, the specialist highly trained ‘Forest Rangers’ are tasked to pursue rebel Maori deep into the rugged bush clad hills.

The Rangers newest recruit, Moana (Ira) Rangitira, a veteran of the Crimean war, shows remarkable and unusual skills, Maori fear and call him, ‘The ghost who walks’. Ira faces challenges that test his will to survive, and can he protect what is closest to his heart, or has everything been destroyed?

‘The Breath of God’ is the first novel in the Moana Rangitira adventure series.

A Soldier's Journey

Dickie felt like a trapped, wild animal, yes, like a whale being hunted. He gave them a fleeting moment of sympathy. Enemies were coming at him from different quarters, seeking his blood and wanting his head - harpoons at the ready waiting for him to surface. He admitted that he had erred, making a grave mistake in slaughtering the Stewart"s damn sow. At the time it seemed like a good way to threaten the Stewarts, a subtle hint encouraging them to separate themselves from M?ori and stop interfering in his business.Now, M?ori welcomed the Stewarts as if they were family; anywhere the Stewarts went M?ori were lurking in the shadows near them and two of his best men were now crippled and useless. Things would have been considerably different if they had succeeded in throwing the body of Andrew Stewart into the ocean that night. 


Chapter 56