then realizes that the gorillas are somehow controlled by Captain William Buck "Buccaneer" Broyles, the former leader of what was acknowledged to be the best Marines Unit, due to the similar tactics his Marines and the gorillas employed. He realises that the apes can listen to radio chatter and so he sends out a fake distress message which lures the apes to them. They set a trap to lock the apes in an old ammunition storage bunker before detonating the munitions, but the Delta team's entrance with the rest of the DARPA team (who deactivate the gorillas' neural chips) changes the situation. A silver disc, attached to the ID of the DARPA scientists and the DELTA team, is responsible for the gorillas not hurting them. Dr. Knox, the scientist in charge of the project, tells Schofield that they are the sole survivors of a field test for the apes, which has so far killed six hundred Marines and two special forces squads. He congratulates Schofield on his success, before subtly instructing the Delta team leader to execute them. However, Mother jams the radio signals controlling the apes, causing them to turn on the scientists. The Delta team is distracted and subsequently killed by Schofield's team, leaving only Broyles. Schofield opens the sea door of the tunnel system, flooding the tunnels and drowning the gorillas along with the "Buccaneer". The story ends with Schofield's team leaving on a C-17 which was originally sent to pick up the DARPA and Delta teams along with the apes. Trivia At the time of publication, Astro was the only character to appear in both the Scarecrow and Huntsman series, suggesting that they are both set in the same 'universe'. This was confirmed in The Four Legendary Kingdoms when Schofield and West meet for the first time. Reilly himself recommends the US version of this book due to being less edited than other releases and also illustrated, with the illustrations reflecting how he had envisaged Hell Island while writing it. References External links Hell Island - Booklover Book Reviews, 2010 Novels by Matthew Reilly Australian novellas 2005 Australian novels Australian horror novels Australian thriller novels Works about the United States Marine Corps Novels set in Oceania Novels set on islands Pan Books books