Once Were Warriors

This hard-hitting novel is frank and uncompromising in its portrayal of Maoris n New Zealand society. The driving force of writing carries the reader into a world of frustration, resentment and waste. It is a raw, powerful story, in which everyone is a victim until the strength and vision of one woman transcends brutality and leads the way to a new alternative. First part of what would later become the Once Were Warriors trilogy.