📓 Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. His most famous works are “Treasure Island” and “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. “The Wrecker” is an episodic adventure novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The story revolves around the abandoned wreck of the Flying Scud at Midway Island, mixing comedy with a detective mystery.