Save Our Souls

<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER</strong></p><p><strong>From the bestselling author of <em>The Taking of Jemima Boone</em> the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks shipwreck and betrayal.</strong></p><p>On December 10 1887 a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel were the Walkers--the ship's captain Frederick his wife Elizabeth their three teenage sons and their dog--along with the ship's crew. The family had spotted a promising fishing location when a terrible storm arose splitting their vessel in two and leaving those onboard adrift on the perilous sea.</p><p>When the castaways awoke the next morning they discovered they had been washed ashore--on an island inhabited by a large but ragged and emaciated man who introduced himself as Hans. Hans appeared to have been there for a while and could quickly educate the Walkers and their crew on the island's resources. But Hans had a secret . . . and as the Walker family gradually came to learn more what seemed like a stroke of luck to have the mysterious man's assistance became something ominous something darker.</p><p>Like David Grann and Stacy Schiff Matthew Pearl unveils one of the most incredible yet little-known historical true stories and the only known instance in history of an actual family of castaways. <em>Save Our Souls</em> asks us to consider who we might become if we found ourselves trapped on a deserted island.</p>