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FROM MASTERFUL STORYTELLER MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS COMES A NEW, HEART-STOPPING TRUE-LIFE TALE OF MARITIME DISASTER, SURVIVAL, AND DARING RESCUE, HIS MOST THRILLING AND AMAZING STORY YET. Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out to sea in one of the world’s most dangerous places, the Gulf Stream. Hanging on to the raft are three men, a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, JP de Lutz, a dual citizen of America and France. Their capsized forty-seven-foot sailboat has filled with water and disappeared below the tempestuous sea. The giant waves repeatedly toss the men out of their tiny vessel, and JP, with nine broken ribs, is hypothermic and on the verge of death. The captain, however, is a remarkably tough character, having survived a brutal boyhood, and now he must rely on the same inner strength to outlast the storm. Trying to reach these survivors before it’s too late are four brave Coast Guardsmen battling hurricane- force winds in their Jayhawk helicopter. They know the waves will be extreme, but when they arrive they are astounded to find that the monstrous seas have waves reaching eighty feet. Lowering the wind-whipped helicopter to drop a rescue swimmer into such chaos will be extremely dangerous. The pilots wonder if they have a realistic chance of saving the sailors clinging to the broken life raft, and if they will be able to even retrieve their own rescue swimmer from the towering seas. Once they commit to the rescue, they find themselves in almost as much trouble as the survivors, facing one life-and-death moment after the next. Also caught in the storm are three other boats, each one in a Mayday situation. Of the ten people on these boats, only six will ever see land again. Spellbinding, harrowing, and meticulously researched, A Storm Too Soon is a vivid account about the powerful collision between the forces of nature and the human will to survive. Author Michael J. Tougias, known for his fast-paced writing style and character-driven stories, tells this true saga in the present tense to give the reader a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat immediacy. A Storm Too Soon is Tougias at his masterful best and a heart-pounding narrative of survival, the power of the human spirit, and one of the most incredible rescues ever attempted.
226 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 15, 2013
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Michael J. Tougias
72 books159 followersAdventure is the theme that runs through most of my books, from outdoors titles (The Connecticut River from Source to Sea, Exploring the Hidden Charles) to fiction (Until I Have No Country) to nonfiction sea rescues (Overboard! A Storm Too Soon, Rescue of the Bounty).
One of my current adventures is waiting to see if Disney will begin filming a movie-length version of the Coast Guard rescue book The Finest Hours. Another adventure for me is publishing a funny family memoir with my daughter, called The Cringe Chronicles (Mortifying Misadventures with my Dad).
My friends have been asking if I'll write a sequel to There's a Porcupine in my Outhouse (2003 Outdoor Book of the Year) but I think they just want me to revise their characters so they don't look so dumb!
One of my current adventures is waiting to see if Disney will begin filming a movie-length version of the Coast Guard rescue book The Finest Hours. Another adventure for me is publishing a funny family memoir with my daughter, called The Cringe Chronicles (Mortifying Misadventures with my Dad).
My friends have been asking if I'll write a sequel to There's a Porcupine in my Outhouse (2003 Outdoor Book of the Year) but I think they just want me to revise their characters so they don't look so dumb!
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March 24, 2013
As one the miraculously rescued victims torn in-extremis from the wrath of un-forecasted, post-named ST Storm Andrea, I have hesitated to provide my so obviously biased opinion of the book. Commander Nevada Smith who led his crew into this unforeseen maelstrom has opened the path on Amazon so I will continue on goodreads.
If you look at the photo of our raft on the side of the mountain of water it is hard to imagine, but to put this incredible 70 foot wave in perspective consider that seas generated by Hurricane Grace in 1991, storm that led to book and subsequent movie "A Perfect Storm", had averaged waves of 37 to 50 feet high and rogue waves hitting 100 feet. Sub Tropical Storm Andrea that brought about our demise had waves that averaged 70 feet with rogues waves much higher!
It is five going on six years since a series of miracles enabled us to relate our ordeal. Not the least of these miracles was the engagement in a totally unforeseen situation of this United States Coast Guard crew, four men who went beyond the call of duty to accomplish one of the most daring USCG rescues. The honors bestowed to them from two countries understate their feat, their commitment.
Michael Tougias' A Storm Too Soon captures this story in as gripping a fashion as the hurricane had captured us (we measured over 85 knots before stepping up to a life-raft , itself in a mangled half destroyed state as my s/v Sean Seamour II slipped below seventy foot waves.
Having read most of his books, bias aside this one is particularly riveting. You can find more photos on www.artseaprovence.com
If you look at the photo of our raft on the side of the mountain of water it is hard to imagine, but to put this incredible 70 foot wave in perspective consider that seas generated by Hurricane Grace in 1991, storm that led to book and subsequent movie "A Perfect Storm", had averaged waves of 37 to 50 feet high and rogue waves hitting 100 feet. Sub Tropical Storm Andrea that brought about our demise had waves that averaged 70 feet with rogues waves much higher!
It is five going on six years since a series of miracles enabled us to relate our ordeal. Not the least of these miracles was the engagement in a totally unforeseen situation of this United States Coast Guard crew, four men who went beyond the call of duty to accomplish one of the most daring USCG rescues. The honors bestowed to them from two countries understate their feat, their commitment.
Michael Tougias' A Storm Too Soon captures this story in as gripping a fashion as the hurricane had captured us (we measured over 85 knots before stepping up to a life-raft , itself in a mangled half destroyed state as my s/v Sean Seamour II slipped below seventy foot waves.
Having read most of his books, bias aside this one is particularly riveting. You can find more photos on www.artseaprovence.com
March 14, 2024
A STORM TOO SOON
So, I decided to read a topic and I picked, sinking boats and shipwrecks. OMG, some great books deal with this topic. I have been looking at the nonfiction side right now and so far, the topic has been a hit with me.
This book is about a helicopter rescue of three sailors during a hurricane. The bravery on the part of all of the six men involved is, well. I would have died the minute I saw 20-foot swells, let alone 70-foot ones coming one after the other. I admired them all, for their bravery in the face of so much danger and for the sheer fact that they stayed the course. Of course, the three men in the water didn't have much hope of quitting and changing where they were and what was happening to them, but they could have given up and surrendered to the elements. The human spirit knows no limits.
This was one of the best reads I think I have had so far this year and if you crave a book where everyone is a hero and the writing will scare the pants off you, then this is your next great read.
5 star
Happy Reading!
So, I decided to read a topic and I picked, sinking boats and shipwrecks. OMG, some great books deal with this topic. I have been looking at the nonfiction side right now and so far, the topic has been a hit with me.
This book is about a helicopter rescue of three sailors during a hurricane. The bravery on the part of all of the six men involved is, well. I would have died the minute I saw 20-foot swells, let alone 70-foot ones coming one after the other. I admired them all, for their bravery in the face of so much danger and for the sheer fact that they stayed the course. Of course, the three men in the water didn't have much hope of quitting and changing where they were and what was happening to them, but they could have given up and surrendered to the elements. The human spirit knows no limits.
This was one of the best reads I think I have had so far this year and if you crave a book where everyone is a hero and the writing will scare the pants off you, then this is your next great read.
5 star
Happy Reading!
February 24, 2023
Awesome book. Eyes glued to the page.
October 3, 2022
Wow. What a story!! This story is terrifying, as if I wasn't already terrified of the ocean! It is so incredibly powerful and I am in awe of that but it makes me feel very small as I'm sure these monster waves did for those in them. I can't imagine being in the middle of a calm ocean in just a life raft with no provisions much less an extremely powerful wind and wave storm. The feats it took to save those sailors are impressive and courageous. God's hand, as well as their own, in their experience is incredible. It took all of them working together. Sometimes the story was told a bit removed and unemotionally but maybe that was good in a way but sometimes I wanted a little bit more expressiveness in the diction which is why it doesn't get 5 stars.
March 15, 2018
Three men on a boat in the Atlantic Ocean, caught in a dangerous storm that came up suddenly. Seventy foot waves, will they survive. This is a true story and hard to believe it actually happened.
October 19, 2020
Imagine you are the captain of a 47 foot sail-boat that has just been swallowed whole by a roiling cauldron of waves. Escaping the sinking boat by the skin of your teeth, you and your two man crew barely manage to haul yourselves into a torn raft that just about manages to stay afloat. Howling monster waves that reach an incredible eighty feet buffet the raft, slamming into them with a force hitherto unseen and toss the survivors around like ragged dolls. Just when you have spent your strength righting the boat for a third time, the dreaded signs of hypothermia begin to set in. Before even getting into the raft, you have broken ten ribs after getting rammed into and by various moveable objects in the ship’s cockpit only moments before the damn thing sunk like a stone. If this whole scenario reads like something straight out of an apocalyptic playbook, then brace yourself. This was exactly what was experienced by the crew of Sean Seamour II when three intrepid sailors attempted a transatlantic crossing and were pitchforked into a storm of indescribable proportions just off the Gulf Stream. Their nightmare experience is captured in stunning detail by Michael J. Tougias in his rip roarer of a book, “A Storm Too Soon.”
In a brilliantly researched book, bestselling author Michael Tougias, narrates the hair raising and singularly terrifying experiences of Rudy Snel, Jean Pierre “JP” de Lutz, and Ben Frye in a manner that will have the reader shell shocked, poleaxed and stupefied. JP the intrepid captain of Sean Seamour II was no stranger to pain and trauma even before the Gulf Stream incident. Having a sadistic and abusive ogre for a father, he had a pot of boiling water poured over him when he was just ten years old. Making it look ‘accidental’, it was a devious strategy formulated by his father to ensure that his estranged wife and JP’s stepmother Betty gets back to him. The agonizing time spent in the burns ward in a hospital, after being in coma for three months, transformed the boy’s attitude to life. The sea became his succour, strength and savior. JP’s dream was to cross the Atlantic from Florida to France in the Sean Seamour II After a careful distillation of candidates, JP hits upon Rudy Snel, and Ben Frye as his designated crew members. The plan is simple, to sail in May, beating the onset of the hurricane season. The sailing path would be northeast toward Bermuda before turning due east toward Europe.
The fate of the voyagers being toyed around by the punishing waves now solely rests on a US Coast Guard crew manning a HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter. Pilots Nevada Smith and Aaron Nelson, Officer Scott Higgins and rescue diver ATS2 Drew Dazzo wage a battle against time and put their own lives and limbs at risk in what can be termed an audacious, if not an impossible rescue. Tougias describes in a fast, spine chilling and goose bumps inducing manner the sequence of rescue, the near misses and ultimate triumph. The hairs at the nape of the neck bristle with trepidation and excitement as the reader is also immersed into the mountainous waves, wreaking carnage. Every mouthful of sea water swallowed by the trio in the raft and the rescue diver induces a gasp in the reader and every successful rescue, makes her applaud, hoot, holler and whistle.
“A Storm Too Soon”, a riveting, arresting and deserving homage to valour, optimism, camaraderie and the innate human attribute of selflessness!
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In a brilliantly researched book, bestselling author Michael Tougias, narrates the hair raising and singularly terrifying experiences of Rudy Snel, Jean Pierre “JP” de Lutz, and Ben Frye in a manner that will have the reader shell shocked, poleaxed and stupefied. JP the intrepid captain of Sean Seamour II was no stranger to pain and trauma even before the Gulf Stream incident. Having a sadistic and abusive ogre for a father, he had a pot of boiling water poured over him when he was just ten years old. Making it look ‘accidental’, it was a devious strategy formulated by his father to ensure that his estranged wife and JP’s stepmother Betty gets back to him. The agonizing time spent in the burns ward in a hospital, after being in coma for three months, transformed the boy’s attitude to life. The sea became his succour, strength and savior. JP’s dream was to cross the Atlantic from Florida to France in the Sean Seamour II After a careful distillation of candidates, JP hits upon Rudy Snel, and Ben Frye as his designated crew members. The plan is simple, to sail in May, beating the onset of the hurricane season. The sailing path would be northeast toward Bermuda before turning due east toward Europe.
The fate of the voyagers being toyed around by the punishing waves now solely rests on a US Coast Guard crew manning a HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter. Pilots Nevada Smith and Aaron Nelson, Officer Scott Higgins and rescue diver ATS2 Drew Dazzo wage a battle against time and put their own lives and limbs at risk in what can be termed an audacious, if not an impossible rescue. Tougias describes in a fast, spine chilling and goose bumps inducing manner the sequence of rescue, the near misses and ultimate triumph. The hairs at the nape of the neck bristle with trepidation and excitement as the reader is also immersed into the mountainous waves, wreaking carnage. Every mouthful of sea water swallowed by the trio in the raft and the rescue diver induces a gasp in the reader and every successful rescue, makes her applaud, hoot, holler and whistle.
“A Storm Too Soon”, a riveting, arresting and deserving homage to valour, optimism, camaraderie and the innate human attribute of selflessness!
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October 15, 2017
A Storm Too Soon by Michael Tougias is a thrilling story of survival. JP, Rudy, and Ben are men who all want to cross the Atlantic Ocean. JP, and Ben are pretty experienced sailors especially JP, but Rudy is new to the whole thing. They set sail in JP's sailboat the Sean Seamour the second. They are traveling through the Gulf Stream when tropical storm Andrea gets in there path they start to realize the dangers there in. They eventually have to evacuate boat and with broken ribs JP and the rest of the men board the boat. They get pounded by 70 foot waves and some rouge waves reaching 80 feet or more! They must stay strong and survive!
I really liked this book and the story it tells. My fascination with survival stories made this book really grab my attention. The main character is JP it kind of seems like but, it definitely gives a back story to every character. If I were to change one thing it would be the way the story is told. It is kind of told in 3rd person. I didn't really like that.
I would recommend this book to everyone. There is an adult version and a kid version so, obviously everyone has a version to read. In all it is a great book.
I really liked this book and the story it tells. My fascination with survival stories made this book really grab my attention. The main character is JP it kind of seems like but, it definitely gives a back story to every character. If I were to change one thing it would be the way the story is told. It is kind of told in 3rd person. I didn't really like that.
I would recommend this book to everyone. There is an adult version and a kid version so, obviously everyone has a version to read. In all it is a great book.
April 23, 2022
Ризикнути, щоб отримати шанс на виживання чи смерть.
У всій книзі відчувається дикий жах та людська безпорадність перед стихією. Тваринний страх сковував людей тієї ночі і мене під час читання. Холодний вітер пробирався в душу викликаючи паніку. За них хотілося молитись, але все вже сталося.
Моторно, бо багато шматочків зібраної інформації – тут історія, там історія, як розламаний пазл.
Вона емоційна – учасники цієї події, їхні сім'ї, рятувальники, журналісти та просто глядачі.
Вражає, що ті, хто вижив, відчувають свою провину за тих, хто навіки залишився в морі.
"На цей раз Веббер стояв один, без товаришів, загальна вага всіх його медалей і нагород тяжким вантажем лежав на його душі. Для Берні слава стала вже нестерпною. Він жадав повернутися до свого старого життя, де його єдиною нагородою було кохання дружини, Міріам, і повага товаришів по службі в Береговій охороні."
"Берегова охорона – не місце для слабака або для скиглії, або для брехливого окуляри, або для будь-кого, хто не може бути напоготові. Період навчання новобранців – час випробування, година за годиною, день за днем, щоб зрозуміти, чи з того матеріалу ти зроблений. І саме ти, як окрема людина, маєш довести, на що ти здатний"
У всій книзі відчувається дикий жах та людська безпорадність перед стихією. Тваринний страх сковував людей тієї ночі і мене під час читання. Холодний вітер пробирався в душу викликаючи паніку. За них хотілося молитись, але все вже сталося.
Моторно, бо багато шматочків зібраної інформації – тут історія, там історія, як розламаний пазл.
Вона емоційна – учасники цієї події, їхні сім'ї, рятувальники, журналісти та просто глядачі.
Вражає, що ті, хто вижив, відчувають свою провину за тих, хто навіки залишився в морі.
"На цей раз Веббер стояв один, без товаришів, загальна вага всіх його медалей і нагород тяжким вантажем лежав на його душі. Для Берні слава стала вже нестерпною. Він жадав повернутися до свого старого життя, де його єдиною нагородою було кохання дружини, Міріам, і повага товаришів по службі в Береговій охороні."
"Берегова охорона – не місце для слабака або для скиглії, або для брехливого окуляри, або для будь-кого, хто не може бути напоготові. Період навчання новобранців – час випробування, година за годиною, день за днем, щоб зрозуміти, чи з того матеріалу ти зроблений. І саме ти, як окрема людина, маєш довести, на що ти здатний"
January 15, 2019
Further evidence to me that some of the most amazing stories every told are true. You can't make up this stuff... how everything went wrong for these sailors, but they still survived. I was in awe at the description of the 80 foot waves... I even found myself next to a tall building counting the stories to get a visual as to how high that actually was. The thought of bouncing around on a little sailboat then screaming down the back side of waves that size is enough to make my palms sweat. And I'm even more in awe of the coast guard crew that flew out and battled the wind and waves to rescue them. Those guys have some serious cojones. Great story.
September 23, 2019
This book was overall a great book. Some of the main characters are Rudy, JP and Ben and together they are on a 44 foot vessel that is 225 miles off the coast of North Carolina. Severe waves as tall as 80 feet destroy the vessel and it sinks. Some major events would be when the crew are on tiny life rafts with no supplies waiting for rescue. They struggle to survive during these moments. Something I really liked about this book is that is was a page turner. It kept making you want to read knowing what will happen to the crew. I really enjoyed this book and strongly recommend it if you like books about challenges and survival.
November 15, 2017
This was pretty good! Not great, but definitely an interesting story. There was a lot of history and side stories in the beginning, but for the last third, I couldn't put it down. I had to know how it ended before I feel asleep again - one night I dreamt about the book, as the wind blew and rain came down outside our house. There is also a Young Reader's edition of this book, which my 11-year-old read. He definitely enjoyed the harrowing story, and I always love to talk books and stories with him!
December 17, 2018
Tougias is a master story-teller and very strong in his ability to humanize his subject. This book is similar to his work "The Finest Hours" in the fact that it deals with a disaster at sea and the brave actions of the Coast Guard rescue teams. The book is fast-paced and grips you from the very start. The people involved are exceptionally well represented and the side stories complement the work without detracting or bogging down the overall pace and tone. This is a very good, quick read for anyone interested in survival stories or maritime stories.
October 25, 2019
A Storm Too Soon is a fantastic book because it is a book about J.P.'s life that wants to be a sailor. This book has lots of action and exciting detailed information. For example, its says that the crew member's were on their normal boat until a big wave hit their boat which forced them to go on the rescue boat. They had to wait on the rescue boat for two days without any food, and sadly some guys died. All in all, this book is a very descriptive and action packed book that is interesting for all ages.
January 19, 2024
Three men are sailing in a 47 foot sailboat from Florida to the Azores, then to Gibralter and Saint Tropaz, France.
While in the Gulf Stream a freak storm starts to develop, forcing them to start heading towards the shore. The storm is so intense with hurricane winds, producing up to 80 foot waves.
An intense harrowing drama unfolds.
This story is about survival of the Captain and crew, and the brave individuals of the Coast Guard, and the heroic efforts they put forth to save mariners in trouble-putting their own lives in peril.
While in the Gulf Stream a freak storm starts to develop, forcing them to start heading towards the shore. The storm is so intense with hurricane winds, producing up to 80 foot waves.
An intense harrowing drama unfolds.
This story is about survival of the Captain and crew, and the brave individuals of the Coast Guard, and the heroic efforts they put forth to save mariners in trouble-putting their own lives in peril.
February 18, 2025
I enjoyed reading this book about the amazing rescue of 3 men whose sailboat sunk during a storm with 80 mph winds and 70 foot waves. A wonderful addition, mentioned at the end of the book, is a YouTube link where you can watch a video taken from the helicopter cockpit during this rescue—the wild seas and each survivor (including the rescue swimmer) as he enters the helicopter. The survivors’ will to survive and the helicopter crew’s willingness to put themselves in danger to rescue these men is so admirable.
September 24, 2017
This is an amazing true story of a coast guard rescue in the middle of a massive storm.
I recommend watching the official coast guard youtube videos to visualize the danger these men faced. The writing style of this book was choppy and forced. The tension is there but the author failed to properly build the tension. The end of the book recounts the survivors story after the storm.
Despite the book's shortcomings, this is still a great rescue story !
I recommend watching the official coast guard youtube videos to visualize the danger these men faced. The writing style of this book was choppy and forced. The tension is there but the author failed to properly build the tension. The end of the book recounts the survivors story after the storm.
Despite the book's shortcomings, this is still a great rescue story !
May 8, 2018
I love this book because at point everything is calm and it seconds everything can change and they way they portray how everyone feels and what it was like to be in that. I loved this book so much and I recommend it to anyone who likes nonfiction books because this is a true story as well as people who like natural disasters or things like that. Over all I found this book very well put together and very fun to read.
August 1, 2022
I was apprehensive about reading this book because I thought I wouldn’t understand all the technical portions but found it didn’t mattered. I was riveted as to the bravery of the crew of the ship, the enormity of the storm and the issues of the extremely brave and knowledgeable Coast Guard rescuers.
It was almost a reminder of The Perfect Storm but because it was a true story i gave it four stars. I also went on You Tube to watch the rescue.
It was almost a reminder of The Perfect Storm but because it was a true story i gave it four stars. I also went on You Tube to watch the rescue.
December 12, 2022
I recently read the book A storm too soon as part of an independent novel project in my ELA class. We were then asked to image major motion picture film. My friend and I created an interview to imagine what pitching this film to an executive producer below is the finished product of that pitch. I hope you enjoy it. CAUTION: SPOILERS AHEAD
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AueU...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AueU...
February 2, 2019
"On May 2, 2007, three veteran sailors set out on an epic voyage from Florida to France. But the trip of a lifetime s soon turns into a nightmare when their forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears along the Gulf Stream in the throes of a calamitous storm....four intrepid coast guardsmen... brave the savage storm in the hopes of saving the stranded sailors."
November 21, 2022
I purchased my copy of this book at the Chicamacomico Life Saving Station Historic Site on the Outer Banks of North Carolia whenvisiting the area in November 2021. This is an exciting and quick read about the seemingly impossible helicopter rescue of three unfortunate sailors by the US Coast Guard in the midst of a cataclysmic storm off the east coast in 2007. Five out of five stars
April 13, 2023
This was a great story about an incredible set of rescues at sea. It was very well written and I devoured it.
It was absolutely wild to read this story and then have the book ending tell me that there was a free video available of the rescue online.
I'll be seeking out additional survival stories written by Michael Tougias.
It was absolutely wild to read this story and then have the book ending tell me that there was a free video available of the rescue online.
I'll be seeking out additional survival stories written by Michael Tougias.
May 22, 2025
Incredible Tale!
It's hard to say the feeling that one feels as the story progresses. I felt like I was right there with both those needing to be rescued and those saving the people in danger. I will read any book of Micheal Tougias,and plan on adding print copies to the library that I leave my grandchildren. Thank you for a wonderful experience in writing....
It's hard to say the feeling that one feels as the story progresses. I felt like I was right there with both those needing to be rescued and those saving the people in danger. I will read any book of Micheal Tougias,and plan on adding print copies to the library that I leave my grandchildren. Thank you for a wonderful experience in writing....
June 18, 2025
Heart pounding
This survival at sea story is hard to put down, and to remember to breathe again during the most harrowing parts! What the 3 sailors were able to accomplish in survival mode was truly incredible. It's hard to imagine waves as high as 3 story buildings, and how anyone could stay alive in a small raft. A great read.
This survival at sea story is hard to put down, and to remember to breathe again during the most harrowing parts! What the 3 sailors were able to accomplish in survival mode was truly incredible. It's hard to imagine waves as high as 3 story buildings, and how anyone could stay alive in a small raft. A great read.
December 16, 2017
Fantastic read. I couldn't put it down. I read it for the Cybils Award. Even people who do not like nonfiction should love this book. It is written like a fiction novel while still being a true story. This is an amazing writer.
March 29, 2018
The author says his intent is for this story to be 'character - driven' rather than facts or figures regarding the Coast Guard or sailing. Well done, sir. This is story-telling excellence at its best -- a truly good read....
February 5, 2019
I liked this book a lot. I think that the story was very interesting and it was told very well. There were some parts that I didn't quite understand, but other than that, it was a really good book. I would give it an 8/10.
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September 19, 2019This book is a keeper, I will have this book for a long time its so good. Spoilers ahead.
So when the c-130 plane found the raft using the radar my enjoyment was exponential, Mark! Mark Mark! were the first words of the chapter when the plane saw the raft, I really enjoyed this book so much.
So when the c-130 plane found the raft using the radar my enjoyment was exponential, Mark! Mark Mark! were the first words of the chapter when the plane saw the raft, I really enjoyed this book so much.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 4, 2021
Beyond exciting
I couldn't put it down! I could see, smell, and taste the elements through his description of the events that took place. An amazing story of the determination to survive - and to rescue these sailors. Amazing!
I couldn't put it down! I could see, smell, and taste the elements through his description of the events that took place. An amazing story of the determination to survive - and to rescue these sailors. Amazing!
September 28, 2021
A pretty suspenseful story about three people who sail into a huge storm and the next-to-impossible rescue of them.
Fast paced and quick moving. I think the story would have been enhanced by some pictures or diagrams, though.
Fast paced and quick moving. I think the story would have been enhanced by some pictures or diagrams, though.
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