Left for Dead is a thoroughly researched true account of castaways on the inhospitable Falkland Islands during the early 1800s. They endured years of severe hardships compounded by unimaginable treachery while trying to survive. The story is a compelling and informative historical capsule.

The primary character, Charles Barnard from New York, began culturally religious as in praying and hoping for God’s providence. He seems dogmatic and not well liked. However, a printed prayer found in a wrecked ship transformed him. He demonstrated truly Christ-like forgiveness and mercy toward men who deliberately left him to die. The author, with no religious attachment reported in various biographies, sounds astounded as he accurately reports those events. This secular book becomes inspirational.