"First published in Australia in 2010 by Allen & Unwin"--T.p. verso.

This is a story lost to history for over two hundred years; a dirty secret of failure, fatal misjudgement and desperate measures which the British Empire chose

In this book, the author has found the 'missing link' between the American Revolution and The Fatal Shore, and tells the extraordinary story - lost for two cent

"Page-to-page Stephen King-style terror..."—Booklist "The Merciless is chilling...think 'Mean Girls' meets 'The Exorcist.'"—MTV.com “Pretty Little Liars f

Ancient buildings are pulverized into dust. Fire and blood rain down from the sky. Oblivion has come to Earth.