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Although I’m not a techy, I love wreck diving within my limits and like many other devotees, I’ve made pilgrimages to dive wrecks in Scapa Flow, the Sound of Mull, the North Atlantic and a few more exotic locations around the globe. And that’s the real thriller of ‘The Darkness Below’. Rod not only reveals the facts of lesser known and enduringly fascinating wrecks in locations I’m familiar with, he goes even further; exposing the history of other maritime classics I would never have known about. That’s why this book is so different.

Like many other commentators, Rod could have chosen the easy path and concentrated on the more commonly known wrecks. But he’d just have been delivering re-hashed information presented from his perspective. Because Rod refuses to do that, it’s what makes ‘The Darkness Below’ a refreshingly great read.

The book itself is excellently arranged. The many illustrations combined with Rod’s in-depth descriptions and the wealth of both historical and anecdotal information doesn’t leave the reader wanting.