Peril on Pirongia
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About the Book
Two fifteen year old boys, Tomas and Aidan embark on a
search to find a missing tramper on Mount Pirongia. They
have to tell their parents a slightly modified reason for
the excursion as their younger brothers, Darryn and Benjamin,
threaten to tell on them if they don’t let them join the search.
They say they will climb to some of the higher peaks to give the
young blackmailers a bush tramping experience.
All goes well till Darryn makes a rash decision. The boys are
forced to flee some angry men and find themselves scrambling
desperately through trackless bush.
After discovering further gruesome evidence of foul play their
situation rapidly becomes more serious.
About the Author
Ross Leaning was born in Hamilton in 1945. He grew up on a dairy farm near Mount Pirongia before attending Hamilton Teachers Training College. After nearly forty-eight years teaching primary school children he is now semi retired. He now has more time to indulge in playing golf (poorly) and bush walking and photography. Also, he has time to pursue and realize a dream which began about thirty five years ago, to write this novel. He lives on his own in Hamilton, New Zealand, but as his children now live overseas he gets to travel quite extensively.