ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT

Meticulous research, lyrical writing A book that goes to the eeriest, most desolate places on Earth and finds hope' LOUISE GRAYThi s is a book about abandoned places: exclusion zones, no man's lands, ghost towns and post-industrial hinterlands and what nature d oes when we're not there to see it. Exploring some of the eeriest, most desolate places in the world, Cal Flyn asks: what happens af ter humans pick up and leave? Whether due to war or disaster, disease or economic decay, each extraordinary place visited in this bo ok has bee...[Read more]