The untold story of Australia's most notorious convict. In the Company of Madness is a historical fiction novel set in 1820s Van Diemen's Land. Crime and punishment define the lives of soldier John Cuthbertson, prisoner Alexander Pearce and priest Phillip Conolly. By fate, choice or circumstance these three men, born 18 miles apart, are transported to the ends of the earth, where they act as captor, convict and confessor to one another. Each of...