From the author of Saltblood (winner of the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize) comes the true-life story of Alexander Selkirk, a sweeping tale of isolation and tenacity, asking: Who is a man, when everything is stripped away?

1704: Alexander Selkirk is abandoned by his crew on a deserted island. An intelligent yet disagreeable and arrogant man, he only has himself to blame for his fate. But in this new unforgiving reality, explanations and reasons why become inconsequential.

Selkirk must use his grit and ingenuity to survive the harsh landscape of the island as trials abound. As time stretches on, the mental toll of isolation takes Selkirk to the brink of sanity, distorting his perception of reality.

Cast Away reimagines in mesmeric detail and sparkling prose the real-life years Alexander Selkirk spent as a castaway on a desert island, the inspiration for the classic novel Robinson Crusoe. His story asks us who we are – and who we become – when no one is around.