Preservation

by Jock Serong

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Pub Date Oct 08 2019 | Archive Date Sep 23 2019

Text Publishing | Text Publishing Company

Historical Fiction | Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

Based on the true story of the wreck of the Sydney Cove, Preservation sees master storyteller Jock Serong turn his talents to historical narrative.

Seventeen men survived the shipwreck of the rum-smuggling Sydney Cove - but only three are picked up on a beach near the isolated settlement of Sydney in 1797.

The three men have walked hundreds of miles across an alien landscape. They are distressed and injured. Their accounts of the ordeal are evasive - and conflicting.

Tasked with investigating their stories, Lieutenant Joshua Grayling comes to realize that there might be something - or someone - behind the fourteen missing men.

And as the full horror of the journey emerges, Grayling begins to wonder whether his own family is also in danger.

Based on the true story of the wreck of the Sydney Cove, Preservation sees master storyteller Jock Serong turn his talents to historical narrative.

Seventeen men survived the shipwreck of the...

A Note From the Publisher

US & Canada: releasing 5 November 2019
UK: releasing 26 September

Advance Praise

‘Serong is a talented storyteller.’ —Booklist

‘Although Serong’s Preservation and Grenville’s The Secret River differ in style, approach and period, they share both a gripping sense of narrative and an unflinching commitment to honestly portraying the bewildering complexity of early encounters between European settlers and indigenous Australians.’—NZ Listener

‘Serong is a talented storyteller.’ —Booklist

‘Although Serong’s Preservation and Grenville’s The Secret River differ in style, approach and period, they share both a gripping sense of narrative...