David Hair

David Hair

David Hair is the New Zealand-based author of three ongoing fantasy series.

The Aotearoa Series is a YA series set in New Zealand, featuring: The Bone Tiki (winner of Best First Novel (Young Adult Fiction section) at the 2010 NZ Post Children's Book Awards), and five sequels The Taniwha's Tear, The Lost Tohunga, Justice and Utu, and Ghosts of Parihaka, and Magic and Makutu.

The Return of Ravana is a YA series set in India. Pyre of Queens (winner of the LIANZA Young Adult book award in 2012), Swayamvara (internationally titled The Ghost Bride), Souls in Exile and King of Lanka have been released in India in 2011-12, and later in New Zealand and elsewhere.

A series for the adult fantasy market, The Moontide Quartet, commenced in late 2012 with Moontide 1: Mage’s Blood. Mage's Blood received excellent critical reviews, including making one prominent review site's Top 10 for 2012, and on it's release in 2013 in the US, was rated one of the top SFF books of 2013 by Amazon. The remainder of the series continues to receive critical acclaim; Scarlet Tides, and Unholy War, and the concluding volume Ascendant's Rite has been released in November 2015.

Updated 07/30/2024




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Series by David Hair

The Moontide Quartet (4 books)
The Return of Ravana (4 books)
Aotearoa (6 books)
The Sunsurge Quartet (4 books)
The Tethered Citadel (3 books)
Talmont Trilogy (2 books)

Speculative Fiction Books

(Talmont Trilogy #3 / 3)
2025 | fantasy | Release date TBA
(Talmont Trilogy #2 / 3)
2025 | fantasy
(Talmont Trilogy #1 / 3)
2024 | fantasy
(The Tethered Citadel #3 / 3)
2022 | fantasy, high fantasy
(The Tethered Citadel #2 / 3)
2021 | fantasy, high fantasy
(The Tethered Citadel #1 / 3)
2020 | fantasy, high fantasy
(The Sunsurge Quartet #4 / 4)
2020 | fantasy, high fantasy
(The Sunsurge Quartet #3 / 4)
2019 | fantasy, high fantasy
(The Sunsurge Quartet #2 / 4)
2018 | fantasy, high fantasy
(The Sunsurge Quartet #1 / 4)
2017 | fantasy, high fantasy
(The Moontide Quartet #4 / 4)
2015 | fantasy, high fantasy
(The Moontide Quartet #3 / 4)
2014 | fantasy, high fantasy
(Aotearoa #6 / 6)
2014 | fantasy
(The Moontide Quartet #2 / 4)
2013 | fantasy, high fantasy
(Aotearoa #5 / 6)
2013 | fantasy
(The Moontide Quartet #1 / 4)
2012 | fantasy, high fantasy
(The Return of Ravana #4 / 4)
2012 | fantasy
(Aotearoa #4 / 6)
2012 | fantasy
(The Return of Ravana #3 / 4)
2011 | fantasy
(Aotearoa #3 / 6)
2011 | fantasy
(The Return of Ravana #2 / 4)
2011 | fantasy
(Aotearoa #2 / 6)
2010 | fantasy
(The Return of Ravana #1 / 4)
2010 | fantasy
(Aotearoa #1 / 6)
2009 | fantasy

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