American author Alexandra Oliva's debut novel, The Last One (Michael Joseph, £9.99), is a high-concept, high-octane affair that sets out its stall on the first page: wilderness-survival reality TV meets global pandemic.
Survival and reality were our first callers: we soon realized we could not wear all the hats, do all the work, make a living and have a life.
Extreme versions of this have been the subject of several dramatic television documentaries, and may have inspired some of the survival-type reality TV shows.
Bare survival is the reality for many.
The new deal is expected to be signed before they head off to film the next series of the celebrity reality survival show in Australia in January.
The cable mantra these days is something for everyone, as channels that once specialized in history, science, animals or the arts decide that they need a drama, a reality survival competition and maybe a fishing show, preferably set in a Southern swamp.
But in reality, survival's the gig.
Les Stroud, known on the internet as Canada's version of a lumberjack MacGyver, has historically been the guy credited with kickstarting the survival genre of reality TV.
