The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners. Interior and binding are excellent.

Winner of the Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2011

1829, Tasmania. John Batman, ruthless, singleminded; four convicts, the youngest still only a stripling; Gould, a downtrodden farmhand; two free black trackers; and powerful, educated Black Bill, brought up from childhood as a white man.

This is the roving party and their purpose is to massacre. With promises of freedom, land grants and money, each is willing to risk his life for the prize. Passing over many miles of tortured country, the roving party searches for Aborigines, taking few prisoners and killing freely, Batman never abandoning the visceral intensity of his hunt. And all the while, Black Bill pursues his personal quarry, the much-feared warrior, Manalargena. (back cover)

Historical fiction.