In Search of the Castaways
Tom Ayrton is a fictional character who appears in two novels by French author Jules Verne. He is first introduced as a major character in the novel "In Search of the Castaways" (1867–1868). He then reappears in a later novel, "The Mysterious Island" (1874), in which his fate, left unknown at the ending of the previous novel, is resolved, and during the course of which his character undergoes change and achieves a redemption.