TY - BOOK AU - Murray, Lee, TI - Into the sounds SN - 9781925840124 U1 - NZ823.3 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Hobart, Tasmania : PB - Severed Press, KW - New Zealand KW - Defence Force KW - Fiction KW - Soldiers KW - Forests and forestry KW - Hunters KW - Patupaiarehe KW - reo KW - Mythology, Maori KW - Fairies KW - Survival KW - Fiordland (N.Z.) KW - Horror fiction KW - lcgft KW - Fantasy fiction KW - Adventure fiction KW - New Zealand fiction KW - 21st century N1 - Novel N2 - "On leave, and out of his head with boredom, NZDF Sergeant Taine McKenna joins biologist Jules Asher on a Conservation Department deer culling expedition to New Zealand’s southernmost national park, where soaring peaks give way to valleys gouged from clay and rock, and icy rivers bleed into watery canyons too deep to fathom. Despite covering an area the size of the Serengeti, only eighteen people live in the isolated region, so it’s a surprise when the hunters stumble on the nation’s Tūrehu tribe, becoming some of only a handful to ever encounter the elusive ghost people. But a band of mercenaries saw them first, and, hell-bent on exploiting the tribes’ survivors, they’re prepared to kill anyone who gets in their way. A soldier, McKenna is duty-bound to protect all New Zealanders, but after centuries of persecution will the Tūrehu allow him to help them? Besides, there is something else lurking in the sounds, and it has its own agenda. When the waters clear, will anyone be allowed to leave?​"--Back cover ER -