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On May 22, 2007, three veteran sailors set out on an epic voyage from Florida to France. But the trip of a lifetime soon turns into a nightmare when their forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears along the Gulf Stream in the throes of a calamitous storm. The three weary passengers are left behind and struggle to stay alive afloat a life raft in violent waves eighty feet tall.
In this adaptation of his adult book A Storm Too Soon, Michael J. Tougias also tells the story of the four intrepid coast guardsmen who brave the savage storm in the hopes of saving the stranded sailors. It's a spellbinding tale of courage and survival in the face of unthinkable danger, as well as a meticulously researched nautical adventure.
