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Astromancer 3: Aria And The Monster Island

The Astromancer Trapped in Time

by Witi Ihimaera & Isobel Joy Te Aho-white (illustrator)

Join the Astromancer and her apprentices on a time travel adventure to Hawaiki and meet Ruapakanga and his albatross warriors!

'An epic fantasy quest' - Magpies
'Chock full of danger, heroes, old wisdom and new blood' - NZ Herald

The Astromancer's tribe is under threat. A plague of rats approaches, and Ruatapu the Ravenous is plotting his attack.

Te Kokorangi and the young warrior Iwihoia travel back in time to Hawaiki to seek aid from a legendary tohunga, but their dangerous journey turns deadly when they are snatched by a fearsome pouakai.

Aria, the Astromancer's fiery apprentice, must find another way to complete their mission. Perhaps, if she discovers the monster's island in the time winds, she can rescue her loved ones as well...

A thrilling, large-scale illustrated chapter story exploring legends of Polynesia. This is the third fantasy quest set in the realm of the Astromancer, lore-master of the stars, bringing the award-winning trilogy to a thrilling conclusion. However it will be enjoyed just as much by readers new to the series.

Read them all!
#1 The Astromancer #2 Aria and the Kumara God
Also available in a reo Maori edition, A Aria me te Motu Pouakai
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Pages:

64

Published:

Apr 2026

Format

Hardback

Publisher

Penguin Random House

Imprint

Picture Puffin

ISBN:

9781776953479

Join the Astromancer and her apprentices on a time travel adventure to Hawaiki and meet Ruapakanga and his albatross warriors!



'An epic fantasy quest' - Magpies


'Chock full of danger, heroes, old wisdom and new blood' - NZ Herald

The Astromancer's tribe is under threat. A plague of rats approaches, and Ruatapu the Ravenous is plotting his attack.

Te Kokorangi and the young warrior Iwihoia travel back in time to Hawaiki to seek aid from a legendary tohunga, but their dangerous journey turns deadly when they are snatched by a fearsome pouakai.

Aria, the Astromancer's fiery apprentice, must find another way to complete their mission. Perhaps, if she discovers the monster's island in the time winds, she can rescue her loved ones as well...

A thrilling, large-scale illustrated chapter story exploring legends of Polynesia. This is the third fantasy quest set in the realm of the Astromancer, lore-master of the stars, bringing the award-winning trilogy to a thrilling conclusion. However it will be enjoyed just as much by readers new to the series.

Read them all!
#1 The Astromancer
#2 Aria and the Kumara God

Also available in a reo Maori edition, A Aria me te Motu Pouakai

$25.00