The Wind City

Wellington. The wind city. New Zealand’s home of art and culture, but darker forces, forgotten forces, are starting to reappear. Aotearoa’s displaced iwi atua – the patupaiarehe, taniwha, and ponaturi of legend – have decided to make Wellington their home, and while some have come looking for love, others have arrived in search of blood.

A war is coming, and few can stand in their way. Saint (lovably fearless, temporarily destitute, currently unable to find a shirt) may be our only hope. Tony, suddenly unemployed and potentially a taniwha herself, has little choice but to accept the role her bloodline dictates. And Hinewai, who fell with the rain? If she can’t find her one true love, there’s a good chance that none will live to see the morning.

Wellington will never be the same again.

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The Wind City is a 94,000 word urban fantasy novel with a queer cast, first published in 2013. Comes as a DRM-free PDF or EPUB. Paperbacks are available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0473572648

2014 Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalist - Best Novel

"The book is urban fantasy of the highest order—fun, smart, surprising, textured, morally ambiguous—and definitely worth a read." - Book Riot

"The Wind City is a startling debut novel for a nineteen year-old writer. More to the point, this is a startling novel for a writer of any age, at any stage of their career: first book or tenth." - Wellingtonista

"This is a confident, vivacious first novel. Wigmore is one to watch." - Booksellers NZ