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

  The five Russians and their prisoner had made good time travelling to Owhiro Bay. The weather had dried the track considerably, and the moonlight enabled the six men to navigate their way safely over Brooklyn Hill. Dick needed a little prompting every now and then, and Harper, who was tired of this bothersome constable, did not hesitate to give him the occasional shove or a cuff across the back of his already tender head. Robert called a halt as they approached the first outlying cottages of Owhiro Bay, and decided that they would wait in the bush, hidden, until it was time to head to the beach for their pick-up. Robert was cautious, hiding in the bush was precautionary, and he wasn't going to take any unnecessary risks. His men were tired and Harper was losing patience with the constable. Resting for a while would do them no harm.


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