Our heroes are caught up in the musket wars of new zealand

 The year is 1808 and a young whaler, Daniel Wilson from Sydney Town, must leave his fiancée to venture into the mighty Pacific Ocean to hunt the giant Spermaceti whale. It is a dangerous world for any man but when disaster strikes none of the crew are expected to survive.
Set drift in a whale boat, without food or hope, a deadly fight for survival ensues.
Meanwhile, the peaceful Northland Maori tribes of Aotearoa are raided by a despot from the south. Their warriors are murdered, their women and children dragged into slavery.
The chief’s youngest son, Tama of the Ngāpuhi, must step from the shadow of his defeated father and injured brother to rally the Northland against the enemy.
Trade with the Pakeha whaling ships could be the answer Tama needs to defeat the Te Matua. The white man’s muskets, cannon and powder are the only way to overwhelm their more powerful enemy.
When Daniel and his crew find themselves in Tama’s, Bay of Islands, unlikely friendships are made when he tracks and captures one of the few remaining Moa birds on the island. Finally, the god’s have smiled on the north and when Daniel’s friends are murdered by southern spies he swears vengeance and an alliance is forged with Tama’s people.
Based loosely on the New Zealand Musket Wars of the early 1800’s and the wreck of the whaling ship, The Essex, this is a spellbinding historical tale of survival, the whale hunt, revenge and tribal war.

The Feathered Crown is a captivating tale set in a world of savage beauty and untamed lands.