This is a book about abandoned places: ghost towns and exclusion zones, no man’s lands and fortress islands – and what happens when nature is allowed to reclaim its place.

“In this book we will travel to some of the eeriest and most desolate places on Earth.”

Cal Flyn “Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape”. Published by William Collins in 2021. Donated to the library by Iain Rousham from UK and signed by author ❤️

Photos by Anna Iltnere / Sea Library