Bloodlust

The Unsavoury Tale of Alexander Pearce, the Convict Cannibal

By: Nick Bleszynski

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Paperback | 1 August 2008 | Edition Number 1

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The Unsavoury Tale of Alexander Pearce - The Convict Cannibal.

The Unsavoury Tale of Alexander Pearce - The Convict Cannibal.

Powerful and relentless, the hunger pursues you like a wild beast without respite. You can resist it for hours, even days, but it eventually overwhelms your reason with its desperate desire to be satisfied. Eat or be eaten ... that was the terrible choice facing the eight convict bolters from Macquarie Harbour, Australia's most remote and brutal penal colony. Lost and starving after a week in a wilderness no white man had ever crossed, order breaks down when one finally gives voice to their secret thoughts, 'I could eat a piece of a man.' Soon betrayal, lies and murder reign and the convicts start to fear each other more than the spears of the Aborigines. Who'll be served next? Will any of them reach the settled areas alive?

Bloodlust is the story of this terrible journey as seen through the eyes of Irishman Alexander Pearce, who discovers what happens when men are pushed past their limits and what lies in the dark shadows beyond. Nick Bleszynski, author of the bestselling Shoot Straight You Bastards! and You'll Never Take Me Alive, mixes archive, history and the power of imagination to bring Australia's darkest and most controversial legend to life.

Industry Reviews

"A comprehensive exploration of the legend of Breaker Morant ... compelling reading." --Sunday Times South Africa on Shoot Straight, You Bastards! "An eye-opening version of the most controversial killing of two Australians in war time ever known." --Daily Telegraph on Shoot Straight, You Bastards! "A ripping yarn that examines grave questions of morality and the value of human life" --The Sydney Morning Herald on Shoot Straight, You Bastards! "A ripper yarn!" --Bryce Courtenay on You'll Never Take Me Alive

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