A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, survival, and
daring rescue-- "an edge-of-your-seat chronicle of what happens when a
sailboat goes up against a fierce storm in the heart of the Gulf Stream"
(The Providence Journal).
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 the United States and France. Their capsized
forty-seven-foot sailboat has 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.
Trying to reach these survivors before it's too late are four brave
Coast Guardsmen battling hurricane-force winds in their Jayhawk
helicopter. With waves reaching an astounding eighty feet, lowering the
helicopter into such chaos will be extremely dangerous. The pilots
wonder if they have a realistic chance of saving the sailors or even
retrieving their own rescue swimmer. Soon the rescuers find themselves
in almost as much trouble as the survivors, facing one life-and-death
moment after the next against the towering seas.
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, heart-pounding narrative of survival, the power of the human
spirit, and one of the most incredible rescues ever attempted.
