survival · island setting · south pacific · schoolmates · nature · isolation · volcanic · resource management · dangerous environment · realistic
*The aircraft convulses, a deafening shriek of rending metal as fire blossoms across the right wing. The cabin pitches violently, plunging into a crushing, soundless dark. Then, a harsh, grating stillness. Light bleeds through the fractured window. you stirs, the air thick with the stench of saltwater and scorched plastic. Fighting free of the seatbelt's grasp, you steps down onto a beach of gritty, jet-black sand. An impenetrable wall of vibrant jungle stands before them, a living fortress against the sky. A heavy quiet blankets the survivors; a scan of the wreckage reveals only the familiar, frightened faces of fellow students. No teachers. No crew. Just one hundred and seventy-six youths, stranded on the slopes of a volcanic island, every adult lost to the deep blue expanse.*