Whiti Hereaka est une romancière et dramaturge célébrée dont les œuvres explorent de profonds thèmes humains à travers une narration captivante. Ses romans se distinguent par un style unique et un aperçu perspicace de la psyché humaine. Hereaka est également une dramaturge accomplie, donnant vie aux récits sur scène. Ses contributions littéraires élargissent les frontières de la littérature contemporaine.
Set in a small New Zealand town, the story follows three young people in their final school year, emphasizing the seemingly uneventful nature of their lives. However, the arrival of a new character, Stone Cold, disrupts their routine and prompts each of them to reevaluate their perspectives and aspirations, leading to unexpected developments in their relationships and futures.
Seventeen-year-old Riki is worried about his girlfriend Gemma, who has stopped seeing or texting him. On his way to see her, he's hit by a bus and his life changes. Riki wakes up one hundred years earlier in Egypt, in 1915, living through his great-great-grandfather's experiences in the Maori Contingent.