Winner of Storylines Notable Book Awards 2025 – Junior Fiction List.
Almost a year has passed since Nissa Marshall was found alive after miraculously surviving a month lost in the vast, dense, isolated wilds of Te Rua-o-te-Moko Fiordland, but her heart still remains there. When one connection to her former time there turns up on the woodpile in Nissa’s Invercargill home seeking help, it’s time to rally.
This thrilling sequel to Spark Hunter crackles with the magic of the ancient forest. It’s a high-stakes adventure through a vast wonderland with a great green secret hidden from humans for thousands of years.
‘Wilson crafts a delightfully kid-forward story, where the adults play supporting roles at best’, writes Claire Williamson in Kete.
Rachel O’Connor observes in Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books—’A remarkable combination of absolute realism and total enchantment, this book will captivate young readers across a wide spectrum of tastes and backgrounds, and awaken in them, as it did in me, a compelling desire to immediately visit, and to forever protect, the magical ancient realm that is Fiordland.’
