Aquanaut - A Life Beneath The Surface - The Inside Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

PRE-ORDER THE ENTHRALLING INSIDE STORY OF THE THAI CAVE RESCUE FROM THE MAN AT THE HEART OF THE MISSION, AS SEEN IN THE SUNDAY TIMESbr>br>''The British divers are all heroes'' Clive Cusslerbr>''A case study in courage'' Ron Howard, Oscar-winning director of Apollo 13br>________br>br>Thailand, July 2018. Twelve boys and their football coach vanish into Tham Luang caves just as the monsoon rains hit. A mile from the surface they are trapped by rising flood waters. All attempts to reach them fail.br>br> As hope for their survival fades a retired British firefighter tinkering with homemade cave-diving kit gets a call.br>br> Rick Stanton and his dive partner race to the other side of the world.br> The boys have been missing for days.br> Each hour, their chance of escape shrinks.br> Rick must swim, crawl and squeeze through treacherously tight submerged tunnels hunting for them.br>br> But that is not the impossible part.br>br> Because if by some miracle they''re alive then somehow he must bring the boys back out again . . .br>br> He doesn''t know it yet but all his life he''s been training for this very moment . . .br>br>________br>br> ''The riveting, behind-the-scenes story. Captivating'' SUNDAY POSTbr>br>br> ''A definitive view of the rescue. You probably won''t read a better-written book about diving this year. I just had to get to the end'' DIVER MAGAZINEbr>br>''Diver Rick Stanton relives the rescue of the century'' SUNDAY TIMESbr>br>br>THE RESCUE WATCHED BY THE WORLDbr>br>''The Thai cave rescue was phenomenally dangerous, and the work of true heroes'' iNewsbr>br>''[The rescue] was fantastic, it really was . . .'' HRH Prince Williambr>br>''If it was me stuck anywhere, the one person I would want to come and rescue me is Rick Stanton'' Alex Daw, Watch Commander, West Midlands Fire Servicebr>br>''One of the great stories of our time'' Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Oscar-winning co-director of Free Solobr>br>''Rick Stanton is not the most domesticated of men'' Sunday Telegraph>...

Product details

• Authors: Rick Stanton
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.08.2022
• EAN: 9781405944106
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-4410-6
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Thailand, Diving, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, TRAVEL / Asia / India & South Asia, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Fire & Emergency Services, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Physical geography & topography, Emergency Services, Swimming & diving, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Swimming & Diving, Ambulance & rescue services, Ambulance and rescue services, Physical geography and topography, Autobiography: adventurers and explorers