Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Karen Frank

The detail and drama of a reporter combined with the humanism and searching mind of a great novelist make this a fantastic read. Frank Delaney unfolds the true story of Kurt Carlsen, captain of the freighter Flying Enterprise as he attempts to save his ship and cargo after a terrible storm disables it. We not only relive the events, but become involved in the author's own childhood impressions of the di... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Stan Hynds

In 1953 William Willis built a raft out of balsa logs and sailed from Peru to Pago Pago. Thrill seekers like this may be a dime a dozen today but not so sixty years ago. Willis's trip was also unordinary considering he was sixty years old when he did it. And then he did it again. When he was 70. Only the second time he sailed from Peru to Australia. Willis built his rafts on the cheap, made inadequate preparati... read more>>>

Publisher Comments

“The tale of Carl Wake and the hurricane that was waiting for him goes straight to the heart of the greatest sea stories: they are not about man against the sea, but man against himself. John Kretschmer’s book is as perfectly shaped and flawlessly written as such a story can be. In addition to being the best depiction I have ever read of what it is like to be inside a hurricane at sea, At the Mercy of the Sea is as moving a story of a man&#... read more>>>