The Black Crusade

Book by Richard Harland
0-9752143-0-6Preceded byThe Vicar of Morbing Vyle 

The Black Crusade is a 2004 horror novel by Richard Harland. It is a prequel to Harland's earlier novel The Vicar of Morbing Vyle. It describes the journey of the hapless Basil Smorta, a multilingual bank clerk, who is forced into the company of a group of "fundamental Darwinists" by their imprisonment of the object of his undying love, Australian singer, Volusia, in a mobile iron box. The group travel across Eastern Europe during 1894, and encounter ghosts, blood donating vampires and other comic horror curiosities.[1]

Background

The Black Crusade was first published in Australia in January 2004 by Chimaera Publications in trade paperback format.[2][3] It won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best horror novel and the 2004 Golden Aurealis for best novel.[4]

References

  1. ^ (2005-03-01). "Doctor's fantasy a winner". Illawarra Mercury. IQ Section. Page 37.
  2. ^ "Bibliography: The Black Crusade". ISFDB. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  3. ^ "The Black Crusade by Richard Harland". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  4. ^ "aurealis awards, previous years' results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  • The Black Crusade at richardharland.net


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