Alone: A Wartime Story of Survival (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781502956804)

Charles Waring awakes from an exhaustion-induced sleep to find himself the sole survivor of a Sunderland flying boat which has crashed on an uninhabited island after being crippled by a U-boat. While he searches for the remainder of his crew he tries to remember the survival techniques he has been taught; using materials at hand he builds a rough shelter and starts looking for food. As his soul-shattering isolation continues he experiences a whole spectrum of emotions, from anger and guilt to frustration and despair. How long can his physical and mental strength keep him going? Alone is a charged and tense novel which superbly evokes the elemental battle of one man against starvation and psychological breakdown. Charles Waring, however, is not alone - his nightmares and delirium invoke the spectres of his dead comrades, and in the dream-time of the island, reality and fantasy become virtually indistinguishable. A plausible and naturalistic story of endurance against the odds.

Author: E. Manwaring, Len Manwaring
ISBN-10: 1502956802
ISBN-13: 9781502956804
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2014
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.37d