A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue - Softcover

"A heart-pounding account of the storm that tore apart a 45-foot sailboat." -The Boston Globe

"Tougias spins a marvelous and terrifying yarn....this is a breathtaking book." -- Los Angeles Times

"This book captures the wit, grit and sacrifice of Coasties and their boats." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

"The Finest Hours is a touching account, a sensitive rendering of what might be called four indescribably chaotic conditions...Tougias and Sherman never sensationalize, never go beyond the facts, and yet capture all the pain, physical and emotional, of the survivors and their families." -- Providence Journal

"The riveting, meticulously researched "A Storm Too Soon" tells the true-life tale of an incredible rescue"--New York Post

"A suspenseful, tautly rendered story that leaves readers breathless but well-satisfied."--Kirkus

"A magnificent culmination of what-ifs with such detail as to inspire reverence for the human spirit. Tougias' use of present tense is ingenious, this is an armchair riptide of the reading experience."--South Coast Magazine

"Michael Tougias has done it again, this time delivering an edge-of-your-seat chronicle of what happens when a sailboat goes up against a fierce storm in the heart of the Gulf Stream."--The Providence Journal

"It's a story of heroism, for sure (the captain, despite being seriously injured and near death, kept his two shipmates alive), but also of sheer terror. Cast adrift in the angry seas, the men seemed to have little chance of survival. Readers of true-life adventures, especially those involving disaster and rescue at sea, should find this one very much to their liking."--Booklist

"Few American authors--if any--can better evoke the realities that underlie a term such as 'desperate rescue attempt.'"--Fall River Herald

Michael J. Tougias is the author of a number of books, including Rescue of the Bounty Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy; Overboard!; The Finest Hours (with Casey Sherman), the basis of the major motion picture released in 2016; Fatal Forecast; and Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do. He is a sought-after lecturer who gives more than seventy presentations each year. He lives in Massachusetts.