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"An intense, immersive deep dive into a wild, dangerous, and unknown world, written with the pace and appeal of a great thriller. This is nonfiction at its very best." - Lee ChildThe true story of two doomed ships and a daring search-and-rescue operation that shines a light on the elite Coast Guard swimmers trained for the most dangerous ocean missions In late September 2015, Hurricane Joaquin swept past the Bahamas and swallowed a pair of cargo vessels in its destructive path: El Faro, a 790-foot American behemoth with a crew of thirty-three, and the Minouche, a 230-foot freighter with a dozen sailors aboard. From the parallel stories of these ships and their final journeys, Tristram Korten weaves a remarkable tale of two veteran sea captains from very different worlds, the harrowing ordeals of their desperate crews, and the Coast Guard's extraordinary battle against a storm that defied prediction.
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Tristram Korten is the author of "Into the Storm: Two Ships, A Deadly Hurricane, And An Epic Battle For Survival," due for release by Ballantine in 2018. He has written for numerous magazines, including GQ, Atlantic, Fast Company, and is the former editor of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. He is a 2013 University of Michigan Knight Wallace Fellow in investigative reporting. Korten has reported from throughout the Caribbean and Latin America and lives in the Miami area with his family.
