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Name: Castaways
Author: Brian Keene

When a group of people come to a lush, deserted island to compete on a popular reality TV show, they soon discover that they are being eliminated from the game permanently and violently when they fall victim to the monstrous half-human creatures that live in the jungle.

First publish date: 2009

Authors: Brian Keene

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