I love the water and love to be on ships or boats however I can't imagine what it would be like to be in a Sub under water where you cant get out and then on top of that be stranded down there that deep and have no way to save yourself. This was an eye opener and I commend all those that went to rescue them.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* i knew this would either be a miss and super boring or a hit and be interesting, luckily it was interesting!

I was pleasantly surprised by this audiobook. At first, the narrative felt overly-technical, wordy, and boring. However, it quickly picked up and I was interested and engaged. Please understand that I am in no way the target audience for this book. I have never been in a submarine. I read very little nonfiction. I'm a teenager. However, I enjoyed it. I probably wouldn't be able to tell you what happened if you asked, but I would say that I liked it. The narrator had a beautiful and smooth voice.

I liked this audiobook. Listening to the narrator was pleasant. This book held my attention.
It started with a lot of background information about submarines, laying transatlantic cables and other technology and history. In the midst of this history lesson, I wondered how much of the book would be dedicated to what had begun to feel like a rather lengthy tangent. Fortunately, much of it was interesting. I assume the intention was to provide context and general knowledge of the subject, so readers could more thoroughly understand and enjoy the story. The author provides everything needed to appreciate the intricacies of this rescue that occurred in 1973.
Once the author got into the accident and subsequent rescue, the (true) story was quite thrilling. Although the narrative suggested that at least one of the submariners survived, that did not detract from building tension. The author very effectively communicates the desperate situation faced by these two men.
For the most part, this book reads with all of the excitement of a novel.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoy reading about events that absolutely dominated the news cycle for a few days before being forgotten. Stephen McGinty offers a claustrophobic tale of two men stuck in a small submersible on the bottom of the ocean and running out of breathable air. Teams from around the world rallied to save their lives in a global race against the clock.

A tale of survival and cooperation. Author did an amazing job of involving the reader in both the below scenes and the above scenes. Captivating story and enjoyed the detail about what happened afterwards.

The narrator did a good job and was pleasant to listen to.

As for the story, it was well put-together and included the right amount of background to flesh out the story of the men trapped in the sub, but no so much as to detract from the story. That can be a very tough balance to find and McGinty did it well.

Anytime you watch a big rescue operation on TV there is so much going on in the background that you never see, and those details make the story. I was astonished at how many things went wrong during the rescue attempts. Equipment failing, weather having unexpected impacts on said equipment, politics, egos, and the attempts to cover up what really happened by the company that made and launched the sub. I was appalled at how politicized the rescue was and how entire governments refused to help or allow help to be given because of a poliitical beef.

The flip side of all of the failurs is the amazing innovation and dedication by those involved to get those men back. Those men were creating and modifying new parts on the fly through the several days of the rescue attempt. Those men were true heroes and while we don't learn about what happened to them afterwards, I hope that they received recognition for their efforts.

The book makes a point of showing how the American military members who came to help were treated very poorly even though their technology wound up being crucial. Again, I was shocked at how bruised egos left them without so much as a thanks or a chance to even meet the men they saved.

The only place that I felt the book fell short was at the end. We didn't get to learn much about the men's lives afterwards. We heard about their career choices, and the bare bones of their family life, but it would have been nice to know more. I wanted to know a little bit more about those men outside the confines of a trapped sub.

Overall, an excellent book about an amazing rescue.

In 1973, Roger Chapman and Roger Mallinson were ascending after laying cable on the ocean floor when a malfunction sent their small submersible, Pisces III, hurling almost 1600 feet to the ocean floor. For over three days, the two managed to survive while resources mobilized from all over the world to save them.

Three days...in a cold, 6 foot diameter steel ball, with little food and water, and no bathroom. They weren't able to sleep for more than half an hour because of the need to manually manage the limited oxygen supply and remove carbon dioxide buildup. No moving or talking or anything unnecessary to stretch out that oxygen as long as possible. They had each other and limited contact with the surface and news of rescue attempts in the stormy North Atlantic waters.

I don't like the thought of being stuck in an elevator, let alone a small elevator under water about as deep as the Empire State Building is tall. Just horrifying.

This is a thrilling tale and is interspersed with fascinating information about the history of submarines, the challenges and logistics of such a rescue, and background on our two main characters and the people that saved them. Both Rogers are interesting men regardless of this experience and were uniquely prepared in many ways to withstand such a harrowing experience.

There are examples of fortitude, smarts, and courage in abundance here among the rescuers and the rescued. The levels of cooperation, coordination and invention that came from all around the world in such a short time are both surprising and reassuring.

This story is just begging to be made into a movie.

I listened to the audio version which was most convenient because this was hard to put down. The narration by John Telfer is excellent.

Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for providing me with the audio version in exchange for my unbiased review.

Wow! What a neat, untold piece of history! I love reading all sorts of nonfiction but especially obscure history, adventure and discovery tales, and pop science nonfic. This one absolutely ticked those boxes for me!

I thought this book was of perfect length. It was organized well as it laid out initially what happened when the Pisces sank and fell, then the history and purpose of the dives, the context, then finally the rescue. It's really an incredible moment of history. I appreciated the different perspectives from the various countries who participated in the rescue, the trouble with journalism, the poor men stuck in Pisces, and both the science of the engineering necessary and the ocean they had to work with.

Books like this spark a fire in me. These stories are so inspiring. It's a reminder of how big the world is, how much people all over the world have worked and worked together to progress technology, that so often truth is stranger than fiction.

The audio format was easy to listen to. The narrator was slick and disappeared into the story so that I was able to listen at a high speed with ease. He did the various accents well. I appreciate that the audio producers did NOT add all the weird sound effects like some do, it's distracting. This was done just right!

Thank you Dreamscape Media and Netgalley for an audio copy to review

Fast-paced thriller about 2 men who get trapped in a sunken submarine and the intense international rescue effort to save them. The book does a good job balancing between the different storylines of the two trapped men, the crew on the surface trying to organize rescue efforts, the various rescue teams, and their families on shore. I hope this becomes a movie because it already feels very cinematic.