Dawn of Spies
Seventeen-year-old Robinson Crusoe and his companion Friday are rescued from the Caribbean island where they survived for years and dropped into 1690s London — a city that turns out to be just as dangerous to navigate as the island they left. Their survival skills catch the attention of Daniel Defoe, a young writer who recruits them for Segment W, a covert intelligence unit answering to the Crown. Their first assignment: stop the kidnapping of the Countess of Lichfield by the Circle of Thirteen, a shadowy group plotting to bring down Segment W and alter the course of history. With King Charles II and Sir Isaac Newton among the historical figures they cross paths with, Dawn of Spies opens a series that reimagines Crusoe as a teenage spy rather than Defoe's original castaway.
Shipwrecked merchant's son recruited as a spy for his survival skills.
Daughter of a pirate king, Crusoe's equal and partner in the field.
Young writer who recruits Crusoe and Friday into Segment W.
Not exactly. It reimagines Crusoe and Friday as teenage spies in 1690s London after their island rescue, distinct from Defoe's original castaway novel — though Defoe himself appears as a character.