About the Book
The Perfect Storm meets Captain Phillips - A thrilling first-hand account of an
ocean tragedy, told by a British hero.
In the depths of Antarctic winter, hundreds of miles from land or rescue, a small
fishing boat is swallowed by waves as high as houses.
The captain is fatally slow to act, and then paralyzed by fear. The officers flee for
their lives. Only the actions of Matt Lewis, a 23-year-old British marine biologist and
one of the most inexperienced men aboard, will save the lives of the South African
crew.
Lewis is the last man off the sinking boat, and leads the escape onto three life rafts.
There the battle for survival begins.