玛拉玛

简介： TaratoaStappard’sbroodingdebutfeatureplungesusintothedourmoorsof1859NorthYorkshire,wheretheBritishEmpire’sreachcastslongandtwistedshadows.MaryStevens(AriānaOsborne),ayoungMāoriteacherfromAotearoa(NewZealand),arrivesinsearchoffamilytruths,onlytofindthemanwhosummonedheralreadydeadandnoclearpathhome.　　Strandedinanunfamiliarandunwelcomingland,MaryacceptsworkatHawkserManorundertheseeminglybenevolentSirNathanielCole(TobyStephens),awealthylandownerwhomadehisfortuneasaSouthSeaswhaler.Butwithinthemanor’scoldstonewalls—wherestolenMāoritaongalinetheshelvesandancestralwhispersechothroughdarkcorridors—Mary’suneasecurdlesintodread.　　Hauntedbyvisionsandmemoriesthatarenotherown,shebeginstounravelahorrifyingtruth.AsthesinisternatureofCole’sintentionscomesintofocus,Māramatransformsintoablood-tingedreckoningthatnevershiesfromthegrotesque.Whatbeginsasasearchforidentitybecomesafightforfreedom,dignity,andspiritualsurvival.