Since the series’ key characters were already well developed, the focus of INTO THE ASHES was its New Zealand setting, a mountainous, volcanic plateau which offers up its own challenges to NZDF Sergeant Taine McKenna and his team. Which took shape first: plot, character, or setting? The Big Thrill caught up with author Lee Murray to gain some insight into his latest thriller: And, deep beneath the earth’s crust, other forces are stirring.Ī stand-alone sequel to award-winning military thriller Into the Mist, INTO THE ASHES is the latest must-read title in Murray’s Taine McKenna adventure series. Their only hope of rescuing the stranded civilians is to find another route out, but a busload of prison evacuees has other ideas. With earthquakes coming thick and fast and the mountains spewing rock and ash, McKenna and his men are cut off. The armed forces are hastily deployed NZDF Sergeant Taine McKenna and his section are tasked with evacuating civilians and tourists from Tongariro National Park. That is, until the ground opens and all hell breaks loose. The nation’s leaders scoff at the danger. At least, that’s how the Māori elders tell it. No longer content to rumble in anger, the great mountain warriors of New Zealand’s central plateau, the Kāhui Tupua, are preparing again for battle.
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