Sole Survivor

“Derek Hansen has the knack for making the immediate past come alive with contemporary pain.” – Canberra Times

In this inspiring novel of survival, love and conflict, three loners are forced to come to terms with themselves, each other and the encroaching world. When Rosie Trethewey – disillusioned doctor turned market researcher – unexpectedly inherits a shack on the remote northern tip of Great Barrier Island, she decides it's time to build a new life. Arriving at her new home, Rosie finds she has two neighbours sharing the wilderness. One is Red O'Hara, a refugee from horrific wartime experiences on the Burma Railway. The other is Angus McLeod, a retired policeman who's abandoned a society he sees as soft and contemptible. They both fear she'll disrupt their ordered lives. And they're right.