Cry of the Taniwha (16 page)

A haunting and intriguing story.—
Animals’ Voice

…a real page-turner avoiding obvious plotlines and neatly capturing modern-day ‘tween’ sensibilities.
—NorthSouth

Praise for
A Friend in Paradise

A thrilling mix.—
Otago Daily Times
This is an exciting read that is so very New Zealand you can just about smell the bush.
—New Books

Praise for
Frog Whistle Mine

Des Hunt has once again woven his magic in this delightful novel…which transcends the generation gap.
—Wanganui Chronicle

Praise for
Where Cuckoos Call

…fast-moving, often witty, novel.—
Magpies
This home-grown ecological thriller is proof-positive there is more out there to entertain younger readers than just that prep-school wizard Harry.—
Wairarapa Times-Age

Praise for
Shadows in the Ice

The author cleverly creates an element of danger and high adventure [so] the reader is engaged as soon as the first chapter is completed.—
Hawkes Bay Today

…the dramatic New Zealand landscape [is] a powerful force in its own right.—
Sunday Star Times

…a rip-roaring finale that would make a fantastic film.
—The Dominion Post

Praise for
The Tooth

…the perfect book for when it’s too wet to go outside and dig up a pterodactyl.—
Tearaway

…good yarns with strong science themes featuring believable boys.—
The Dominion Post

Praise for
Whale Pot Bay
…a real contemporary page-turner…told with cracking pace and believable dialogue and characters.—Tessa Duder,
Australian Women’s Weekly

Des Hunt provides his lively young characters with strong challenges…The conclusion is…a cliff-hanger.
—Magpies

This one demanded to be knocked off in a single read—and so it was.
—Manawatu Standard

Des Hunt has the ability to tell stories about rural New Zealand so vividly that it is like you are standing in the fields or on the beaches of the books.
—Tomorrow’s Schools Today

A gripping mix of warm relationships, good science, and plenty of action.
—Your Weekend Magazine

HarperCollins
Publishers

First published in 2009

This edition published in 2010
by HarperCollins
Publishers
(New Zealand) Limited

P.O. Box 1, Auckland

Copyright © Des Hunt 2009

Des Hunt asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers.

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National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Hunt, Des, 1941-

Cry of the taniwha / Des Hunt

ISBN 978-1-86950-731-2 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-0-730-40021-9 (epub)

[1. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. 2. Vacations—Fiction.

3. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Title.

NZ823.3—dc 22

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