There were ten men in on the break-out: murderers, thieves, lechers, making a desperate escape from a convict island, through the cruel heat of the jungle, the racking sun and treacherous storms of tropical seas.
The eleventh man came from nowhere and by no one's consent - yet it was he who became leader, not only in their incredible, danger-filled journey from the penal colony, but also in art escape man has longed for since time began - the escape from himself.