Black Moon Dragon, my New Zealand-set romance, contains dragons or taniwha. In this particular book, I’ve used more Maori mythology than usual and terms that are perhaps unfamiliar to those who live outside New Zealand. I’ve solved this by including a glossary with links to a Maori online dictionary for those who’d enjoy hearing the proper pronunciation.
One scene in the book contains a powhiri, which is the ceremony performed to welcome visitors onto a marae. A marae is a meeting place. Sometimes the collection of buildings around a courtyard where the meetings take place are also defined as a marae.
This video below describes a powhiri and it is an excellent depiction of what a visitor might expect when they visit a marae.
Black Moon Dragon is the third book in the Dragon Investigators series. It is due out on 21 May.
Her life has taken a turn to Crazy Town. She has caught a weird disease. Now, this scary big dude is offering help. There’s trouble here somewhere, right?
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Congrats on the new release. I’m loving that cover.
Thanks, Mary. Black Moon Dragon was a fun book to write.