Many thanks to my friends at @doubleday and @prhaudio.com for the #gifted copies of this book.  
 
Gripping.  Horrifying.  
 
There is no romantic seafaring adventure to be found here.  It’s a tumultuous and terrifying narrative full of twists and improbability.  It reads like a well plotted mystery full of darkness and desperation rather than the meticulously researched tour de force of narrative nonfiction it is.  Truth is stranger than fiction, no doubt.  
 
But beyond the harrowing details of shipwreck, murder, and survival, this becomes a story about the stories we tell.  To ourselves.  To others.  And in turn, the power those stories have to shape us… and history as a whole.  
 
🎧 I partnered the audiobook and print.  Dion Graham’s narration added veracity to the read.  But the inclusion of maps and photos in the print copy made it a necessary companion.