"On a frigid night in February 2013, a wicked storm was closing in on the Miss Ally, a small halibut-fishing boat out of Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia, crewed by f

“Everything creaks and bends in heavy seas – what will not bend will simply snap. So many times I wondered how much load we could carry in a powerful storm

This harrowing tale of survival pays moving tribute to the courageous British sailors of World War II, and offers entrance into the ultra-secret world of Britis

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Winner of the 2021 AHA John H. Dunning Prize Longlisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by Nature, NPR, Library Journal, and Ki