Auckland Author Surprised by Huge Support - A bold new fantasy universe inspired by Māori and Pacific storytelling is officially arriving this week as the five-book series Kingdoms of Mu launches to readers across New Zealand and Australia.

The day I received my copies of Kingdom of Mu, I told myself I’d just read a few pages on my work break. That “few pages” quickly turned into the first couple of chapters, and before I knew it, I had been completely transported into a vivid new world. Mu is a land layered with mystery, power, wealth, survival, and ambition—where villages rely not only on strength, but on unique skills and carefully balanced alliances to endure and conquer.

In a world where fantasy books often live solely on the page, Kingdoms of Mu by Cam Swainson-Whaanga dares to reimagine how stories can be experienced. This five-book epic, deeply inspired by the Pacific’s ancestral wisdom and storytelling traditions, takes immersion a step further—by embedding QR codes directly into its covers and illustrations.