Join us at the NGPL for a free event with Lewis Robinson, author of the newly released, The Islanders.

Shaken by problems at home, confused by the motives of a new love, and reeling from a public meltdown, high school hockey star Walt McNamara joins an exclusive new leadership program controlled by the ultra-wealthy summer residents of Whaleback Island, a granite oasis off the coast of Maine. But this is no paradise; secrets lurk in its murky waters.

As Walt and his fellow misfits, including the determined Aubrey and fierce Tess, are pushed physically and mentally by ex-military instructors, exposed truths from the island’s past and present slowly reveal the reasons behind their intense training. With danger mounting, Walt, Aubrey, Tess, and the others must use their new skills to sort friend from foe and find a way to survive.

In The Islanders, award-winning author Lewis Robinson has crafted a suspenseful reckoning of class conflict in America, with a vivid tale of friendship and family at its heart.

Author of Officer Friendly and Other Stories and Water Dogs, Lewis Robinson is the winner of the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, a Whiting Award, and a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His writing has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times Book Review, and on the National Public Radio program Selected Shorts. He teaches at the University of Maine at Farmington and lives in Portland, Maine with his family.