Lasco Atkins 
Taniwha: The Complete Works 

English sailors arrive on New Zealand shores to uncover the truth about ancient creatures living on the land. They find a local village that protects and hide a dragon from a world.After a terrible massacre, the Finegan family line is cursed for 200 years, until the descendants, return to the land once more.Ghosts haunt the modern family leading to sickness and destruction with a twisty finale that breaks the boundaries of the ages…