Publisher's Synopsis
Focuses on 12 groups of South Sea islands, exploring their distinctive differences and describing the unique plants and animals of these natural laboratories.;Photographer Rod Morris has travelled the world, capturing the essence of island magic on film. His wonderful images are accompanied by a lively and informative text by natural history writer and filmmaker, Alison Balance. The result is a fascinating exploration of the power of islands to mould and shape the raw materials of life; a living testimony to the strange forces that are 'island magic'.