The Breath of God

<p class=ql-align-center><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Novel of Faith Fire and the New Zealand Frontier</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>New Zealand 1863. The pristine untamed Taranaki frontier is a pressure cooker ready to ignite. As the colonial British government aggressively tightens its grip on sovereign land a complex volatile Māori spiritual movement rises from the ashes of conflict-</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Pai Mārire</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Driven by prophetic visions and a desperate desire for self-determination a militant faction emerges threatening to sweep the imperial forces back into the sea.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Enter Moana Rangitira a battle-weary Māori veteran freshly returned from the brutal winter trenches of the Crimean War. He sought peace on his home shores alongside his friend Rupert Potter but an explosive run-in with a newly formed volunteer force changes everything. As Rupert departs for the safety of Wellington Moana is thrust right back into the mouth of the military meat-grinder.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Recruited into Major William Jackson's legendary elite irregular unit-the Forest Rangers-Moana is paired alongside the flamboyant lethal guerrilla tactician Captain Gustavus Von Tempsky. Armed with modern breech-loading carbines and devastating twelve-inch Bowie knives Company No. 2 is deployed deep into the dense rain-soaked bush to track a phantom enemy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But in this wilderness traditional military doctrine is completely useless. As lines blur between righteous faith and fanatical violence Moana finds himself caught in a devastating ideological crossfire between cold colonial autocrats conflicted missionaries and defensive Māori prophets. Standing on a frontier where every side claims to be guided by the Almighty he must quickly learn that when empires clash the line between salvation and slaughter is as thin as a whisper.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>From the global top-ten historical fiction author Paul W. Feenstra comes a masterful meticulously researched and propulsive military adventure. Richly atmospheric and unflinchingly authentic <em>The Breath of God</em> delivers a gripping unputdownable look at the cultural and spiritual collision that forged a nation.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell's <em>Sharpe</em> series Simon Scarrow Robert Harris and Ken Follett.</strong></p><p></p>