'A thrilling, tender, acute tour through the wildernesses of the world outside us and the far wilder worlds inside. Why does the desolate allure? It's an urgently important, complex question. We need to know for the sake of our souls, our politics and our planet. Flyn is the perfect guide.' Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast and The Edges of the World 'Cal Flyn is one of the most exciting writers around - for the poetry and precision of her prose, for the vast scope of her learning, for her fearless (and self-questioning) spirit. In The Savage Landscape, she opens one door after another, to wonder, to terror, to rich and mixed feelings, so that we can see the world anew and in all its deepest dimensions. This book is at once thrilling adventure and bracing meditation.' Pico Iyer, author of The Half Known Life PRAISE FOR ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT THE SUNDAY TIMES' BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 'A haunting look at how nature fights back .

Beautiful, evocative' Sunday Times 'Exhilarating . A story of the extraordinary resilience of life in some of the most desolate, ravaged and polluted landscapes on earth' Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating and brain-energising. It is full of detail and colour that sends one googling, to look up pictures and find out more. It is also an optimistic book . I'll cling to that bit of unfashionable hope' The Times 'Brilliant . Flyn paints vivid pictures . both clear and compelling' Daily Telegraph, five stars 'Filled with understanding and adventure . Written with a beautiful attention to detail and a generous and imaginative frame of mind.

The wonderful and surprising thing is how much reassurance and sense of possibility comes out of it at every turn' Adam Nicolson 'Certainly a book of the year for me' Sebastian Faulks.