Prologue: Morning
Chapter One
Part 1: And Time Begins to Spiral
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Part 2: Between Earth and Sky
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Part 3: At the Same Time as the Spiral Goes Forward It Returns
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Interlude: Obsidian Splinters
Chapter Eighteen
Part 4: Haere Mai ki ō Tātou Mate e
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Part 5: Life, Come Again
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Epilogue: My Mother was the Earth
Chapter Twenty-six
Author’s Note
About the Author
Other work by Witi Ihimaera
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