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Escape

A Novel
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Everybody gets the story arc they deserve. Kent Duvall, a has-been reality winner, just wants another chance at glory— to find his way out of his depressing life and back to his highlight reel. When a scandal is captured on camera at a charity event, he... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Everybody gets the story arc they deserve. Kent Duvall, a has-been reality winner, just wants another chance at glory— to find his way out of his depressing life and back to his highlight reel. When a scandal is captured on camera at a charity event, he gets his shot, on a remote island with seven other contestants.

Each has been cast as a type—Ruddy the bully, Miriam the nerd, Ashley the love interest—but every one of them is more than they seem. The contestants' goal seems simple: survive the wild, build a raft, win treasure. But Beck Bermann, a disgraced reality producer, sees them as characters in her own redemption arc.

As the schemes and strategies spiral out, breakout camps sabotage each other, and rival producers struggle to control the storyline, soon the question becomes less about who will win than who will make it out in one piece.

Escape by Stephen Fishbach is a thrilling tale of reality TV spin-offs and genuine human struggle, weaving a complex narrative of survival and redemption.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798217048151

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 January 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Dutton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 448

About the Author

Stephen Fishbach is a Pushcart Prize-winning writer and former television executive. A two-time Survivor contestant (voted onto the show the second time by millions of fans), he’s worked on the network side as a Vice President at MTV and freelanced for a reality producers’ trade group. He cohosts the Survivor Know-It-Alls podcast and hosts the literary podcast Paraphrase. Stephen graduated with honors from Yale and received a master of fine arts in fiction at New York University. His short story “To Sharks”—an excerpt from Escape!—was published by One Story, which garnered Stephen the Pushcart Prize. He lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and two daughters.

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