<blockquote> <p> A real-life thriller in the tradition of <i>The Perfect Storm</i>, <i>Fire on the Horizon</i> recounts the life of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig?from its construction in South Korea in the year 2000 to its journey around the world to its disastrous end. </p> </blockquote> <p> On and off the rig, <i>Fire on the Horizon</i> reveals the particulars of a culture most of us have never known, from the small maritime colleges to Transocean's training schools and Houston headquarters, and culminates in the harrowing minute-by-minute account of the fateful day, April 20, 2010, when the half-billion-dollar rig blew up, taking the lives of eleven people and leaving an unprecedented swath of natural destruction in its fiery wake. </p>