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This eBook first published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2018
Copyright © 2018 by Rachel Slade
Cover design by Allison Saltzman
Cover images © Mike Hill/Photographer’s Choice/Getty Images
Copyright © Rachel Slade 2018
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Ship illustration by Michael Chan
Map by Mike Hall
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Source ISBN: 9780008302474
Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008302450
Version: 2019-05-16
To the families and friends of those
lost on El Faro.
No one should have to endure such sorrow.
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
—LORD JIM, JOSEPH CONRAD
Contents
Chain of Command Aboard El Faro
Part I
Chapter 1: The Clock is Ticking
Chapter 3: Tropical Storm Joaquin
Chapter 4: Third Mate Jeremie Riehm
Chapter 5: A Hurricane Is Not a Point on a Map
Chapter 6: Second Mate Danielle Randolph
Chapter 10: Captain Michael Davidson
Chapter 11: Question Authority?
