Benchley trades shark terror for something even more savage: a hidden enclave of modern-day pirates preying on ships that vanish without a trace in the Caribbean. When a journalist and his young son stumble onto this isolated, inbred tribe, they’re dragged into a brutal world ruled by violence, ritual, and a warped code of survival. The tension builds like a fever—escape seems impossible, trust is weaponized, and civilization feels very far away. Grim, gripping, and sun-bleached with menace, The Island is Benchley at his most ruthless.
