Morgan's Run

For the first time since her hugely popular The Thorn Birds captured millions of readers, Colleen McCullough returns to Australia with a breathtaking new historical drama.

It was one of the greatest human experiments ever undertaken: to populate an unknown land with the criminal, the unloved and the unwanted of English society. Amid conditions of brutality that paralleled those of slavery, “The First Fleet” was sent to a place no European but the legendary Captain Cook had ever seen.

Left to live or die on the hostile Australian continent, these covicts – and their equally isolated guards – occupy the centre of Colleen McCullough’s compelling new epic. Richard Morgan – convicted felon and educated, intelligent, resourceful man – finds the will to survive, experience the joys of love, and finally make an indelible mark upon the new frontier. A thoroughly researched historical saga, rich in romance, adventure and unforgettable characters, Morgan's Run has the makings of a modern classic.