The millennium has changed but have the Hekes? Where are they now, Beth, Jake, and what of their other children? Son Abe who has rejected violence but violence finds him. Polly, as beautiful as her sister Grace, who committed suicide; is that a Heke running with the wealthy polo-playing set and growing rich herself? And the gang leader, Apeman, who killed Tania, what's prison like, does it change a man, grow him or not? We meet another tragic female figure, Sharneeta. And Alistair Trambert, a middle-class white boy sunk into the same welfare dependency trap as the Maoris his class criticise. Meet Charlie Bennett, Beth's husband, a fine man, and yet . . .And yet there's Jake Heke, casting his long shadow over everyone. Has he really grown up? Synopsis #2: Final volume in the 'Once Were Warrior' trilogy about Maori gang violence. Continues the family saga of Beth, Jake and their children after the tragic suicide of Grace and murder of Tania. Is Beth's admirable husband all that he seems? Has Jake truly grown up? Can Abe break the cycle of violence he has been born into? How will the Apeman, former gang leader and murderer of Tania, react to his imprisonment? Will Polly's social climbing alienate her from her heritage? 'Once Were Warriors' won the PEN Best First Book Award and was made into a feature film. New Zealand author's other works include the sequel, 'What Becomes of the Broken-hearted?', plus 'Both Sides of the Moon', 'Szabad' and non-fiction works about Maori tribal life.