Acclaimed Australian writer/journalist Peter FitzSimons, author of Kokoda and Tobruk, tells the story of the shipwreck of the Batavia. It’s an epic tale of mutiny, murder, mayhem, sexual slavery, rescue and revenge.
Described by FitzSimons as "a true Adults Only version of Lord Of The Flies, meeting Nightmare On Elm Street," the story is set in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies. The ship is already boiling over with a mutinous plot when, just off the coast of Western Australia, it hits a reef.
FitzSimons' unique writing style has made him one of Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writers.

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This "book is on the shipwreck of the Batavia, off the west coast of Australia in 1629. I kid you not, there will NEVER be a better story in the history of the world. It has shipwreck, murder, mayhem, sexual slavery, heroism, cowardice, pitched battles between the survivors, rescue and revenge ..." – author Peter FitzSimmons

Biography:
Former Wallaby Peter FitzSimons is a journalist, broadcaster and author of 16 books, including several sports biographies and the bestselling Kokoda.