pbA gripping story of survival, capitalism, maritime history--nothing less than a very modern adventure, and an instant classic of travel writing.--Alexander Chee pIn March 2019, the iViking Skyi cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the North Atlantic. Rocked by 50-foot swells and 40-knot gales, the ship lost power and began to drift straight toward the notoriously dangerous Hustadvika coast in Norway. This is the suspenseful, harrowing, funny, touching story by one passenger who contemplated death aboard that ship.b p Chaney Kwak is a travel writer used to all sorts of mishaps on the road, but this is a first even for him trapped on the battered cruise ship, he stuffs his passport into his underwear just in case his body has to be identified. As the massive cruise ship sways in surging waves, Kwak holds on and watches news of the impending disaster unfold on Twitter, where the cruise ship's nearly 1,400 passengers are showered with thoughts and prayers. Kwak uses his twenty-sev