Читать книгу Deeper into the Darkness онлайн

11 страница из 184

Often I’ll read a book on wrecks only to find myself disappointingly asking very obvious questions due to the lack of basic information. You won’t find that in ‘The Darkness Below’. It challenges and pulverises the senses with information. It truly is an excellent and informative read and a book you’ll find yourself returning to repeatedly for another fix.

If I could sum it all up, I’d say for me ‘The Darkness Below’ is like a fusion of the most exciting presentations I’ve watched on National Geographic or Discovery; and reminiscent of the pioneering explorations of Cousteau. And as the opening chapter acknowledges: the late great Monsieur Cousteau may have been your idol, Rod, but you’re equally trail-blazing an awe-inspiring path yourself.

After this book was published, I returned to type (!) and in quick succession put out Great British Shipwrecks – A Personal Adventure in 2012, followed by Force Z Shipwrecks of the South China Sea – HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse in 2013. In 2015 Dive Truk Lagoon – the Japanese World War II Pacific Shipwrecks was published, followed by Dive Palau – the Shipwrecks in 2016, and then in 2017, Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon, which my daughter Nicola designed and produced.