Sole Survivor
Sole Survivor by Derek Hansen, published by HarperCollins in 1999, is a first edition novel comprising 426 pages. The story follows Rosie, a disillusioned doctor who inherits a shack on New Zealand’s Great Barrier Island and decides to start anew. Upon her arrival, she encounters two neighbors, Red O’Hara, a war-traumatized former P.O.W., and Angus McLeod, a retired policeman seeking refuge from society. Their initial apprehension about Rosie’s presence soon gives way to a transformative relationship as they confront both personal challenges and external threats.
Readers will find that Sole Survivor explores themes of survival and connection amid adversity. As Rosie integrates into the lives of Red and Angus, their interactions reveal deeper emotional layers and complexities. The narrative escalates when a Japanese trawler threatens their island’s ecosystem, prompting the trio to unite in a desperate effort to protect their home. This blend of action and adventure highlights the characters’ growth and resilience, culminating in a gripping finale that echoes classic tales of struggle and camaraderie.
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Disillusioned with professional life, Rosie, a doctor, unexpectedly inherits a shack on the northern tip of New Zealand’s Great Barrier Island and decides it’s time to begin anew. She arrives at her home to find she has two neighbors sharing the wilderness — Red O’Hara, traumatized by horrific wartime experiences working an the Burma railway as a P.O.W. of the Japanese, and Angus McLeod, a retired policeman, who has fled from a society he has as soft and contemptible. Rosie’s sudden appearance panics Red and Angus. Both of them fear she will disrupt their neatly ordered lives. And they’re right.
Tough, smart, and practical, Rosie soon turn the lives of Red and Angus upside down. And as they work out their relationship, an unexpected threat draws them closer together: the depredations of a big Japanese trawler threaten to destroy their food supply and their environment. As they go to sea in a desperate attempt to prevent the rape of their island paradise, this extraordinary novel of survival and love moves toward a blazing finale reminiscent of another classic: “The African Queen.”
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