In April 1998 an ageing fishing boat left Cape Town for Antarctic seas with 38 crew, including a last-minute addition - young British marine biologist Matt Lewis. Nearly half of them would never set foot on dry land again.
Matt Lewis was born in Bristol, England, in 1974. He trained as a marine biologist first at Bangor University and then at Aberdeen University. He now lives with his wife and two children in Aberdeen. Last Man Off is Matt's first book.
This is brilliant . . Told with terrifying detail and heartfelt
compassion
*Dermot O'Leary*
A story that reminds us of the unforgiving nature of the sea and
the courage that lies within the everyday heroes that have found
themselves in hell
*Bear Grylls*
A dramatic tale of survival in one of the most brutal situations on
earth. Feels like reading the diary of a doomed man . . . so
personal and chillingly real; totally takes you there in a way that
is not always comfortable
*Steve Backshall*
Reads like a sinister version of The Perfect Storm...Thrilling,
compelling, unsettling, rewarding . . . This breakneck race of a
book isn't just required reading for fans of waterborne peril;
Harvard MBAs could also scour the pages as a case study in
dysfunctional workplaces and woeful man management. It's like the
Perfect Storm, but with gruesomely, even murderously, imperfect
people
*Sunday Times*
A heart-thumping tale of tragedy and survival - minus the Hollywood
ending
*Daily Telegraph*
A thrilling, horrifying and compelling portrait of human survival.
Colossal terror unfolds on every page
*The Bookseller, Books of the Year*
For his compelling account of the hardships of fishing in remote
Antarctic waters, and of what it means to abandon ship in a severe
storm with inadequate equipment and a crew unprepared for survival.
The book is objective but non-judgmental in its descriptiveness, so
heightening the true sense of disaster. The style makes the book
accessible to a wide public, but it is also essential reading for
seafarers, fishermen and yachtsmen, as it concerns attitudes to
safety and survival. A truly life-affirming and influential
work.
*The Mountbatten Maritime Award for best literary contribution -
Certificate of Merit*
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