Whiti Hereaka ist eine gefeierte Romanautorin und Dramatikerin, deren Werke sich durch fesselndes Erzählen tiefen menschlichen Themen widmen. Ihre Romane zeichnen sich durch einen einzigartigen Stil und scharfe Einblicke in die menschliche Psyche aus. Hereaka ist auch eine versierte Dramatikerin, die Geschichten auf der Bühne zum Leben erweckt. Ihre literarischen Beiträge erweitern die Grenzen der zeitgenössischen Literatur.
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.