Friend Island

Imagine a world where women are the dominant sex. Now picture an old sailor woman. Are you ready? This is the story of the time she became a castaway on a very, very unusual island...

An island which feels your every move. One that breathes in line with your breath. It can sense your every feeling. But the island does this for your own good.

To understand. To empathise. To unite.

She’s called Anita. And she’s about to change your world.

Written under the pseudonym Francis Stevens, Gertrude Barrows Bennett’s ‘Friend Island’ is a social experiment-turned-adventure tale like no other.

‘Friend Island’ is the perfect read for fans of Amazon Prime’s ‘The Wilds’.



Francis Stevens, pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennet (1884-1948), was a writer of science fiction and fantasy and one of the leading names on the American literary scene. Her works are marked by an interest in lost worlds, dystopian societies, apocalyptic scenarios, and horrifying settings.

Her best works include the novels "The Citadel of Fear" and "The Heads of Cerberus", as well as the short story collections "Unseen–Unfeared" and "The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar".