From the Kiwi Kingdom Series, No. nine. In The Rise of Koru, Drama comes to both the animal and human world. Kerwin and Kerewa Kiwi find they have to flee for their lives, from those plotting to overthrow them. Odelia returns to the Spirit World, but needs the Haast Eagles help, when a Harrier attempts to attack her and her family; and Koru is sent on a quest in the Kingdom. In the human world, Toro and Mahina become a target of gangs, on her brother Tawa's orders. See the outcome when Tawa and his gang come to the West Coast.