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No one except Wairere, who can feel the danger in their midst, and the swamp beneath their street, watching and waiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Mires\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘a novel of real complexity and power, in which care and connection are centred, and the interwoven nature of belonging, place and ecology is brought alive in affecting and productive new ways’ – \u003cem\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThe Mires\u003c\/em\u003e is about the monsters we’ve created and the power we have to stop them. 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