The Watchnight
A Novel
$27.99
- Paperback
230 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2025
Summary
In a remote Methodist community of New South Wales in 1852, aspiring lay preacher Charles Muncey is tasked with recording the sins of every soul who signs up for a week-long revival.
He has plenty to work with. Pardoned convict Thomas Gunson knows the way through the wilderness and agrees to guide the faithful on a circuit of their struggling chapels, though he fears the company of people now that he’s out of his shackles. Irish emigre Oona Farry, recruited as a candlemaker, resents t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781592115709 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1592115705 |
| Author: | Michael Burge |
| Publisher: | Histria LLC |
| Imprint: | Vita Histria |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 230 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Michael Burge
Michael Burge is an author and journalist living in Deepwater, in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. His debut rural noir novel, Tank Water, was released by MidnightSun Publishing. He has written for The Guardian, Fairfax Media, and the Journal of Australian Studies, and he is a board member of BAD Sydney, New South Wales’ crime writing festival.
Michael’s great-grandparents represent a broad cultural spectrum in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, including English, Scottish, and Irish migrants, as well as Mori heritage. He enjoys researching the diverse cultures that shaped the colonial landscape of the region. The thousands of steps he took through Jenolan Caves as a tour guide from 2008 to 2012 inspired him to create The Watchnight.
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