<p><i>"Vivid, wise, and heartfelt. The crowning achievement of one of America's foremost sailing writers." --Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-winning author of </i>In the Heart of the Sea</p><p><i>"As captivating as it is unusual. Rousmaniere's descriptions of hurricanes and shipwrecks are among the best in the literature of the sea, but his book is far more than a sea story." --Philip Caputo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of </i>A Rumor of War <i>and </i>The Voyage</p><p><i>After the Storm </i>is John Rousmaniere's most ambitious work ever, the unique expression of a master storyteller. Each of the book's stories of seafaring disaster--many little known, all of deep human interest--tells of the hopes and choices that put these sailors in harm's way and shows us the immense and unopposable power of the sea. <i>After the Storm </i>combines all the harrowing twists of the best adventure writing with a search for meaning on multiple levels.</p>