{"product_id":"book-hlrv","title":"At the Mercy of the Sea","description":"A \"normal\" Caribbean hurricane travels from east to west, but Lenny was anything but normal. Spawned south of Cuba in 1999, this late-season storm defied all predictions by moving steadily east toward the Leeward Islands. Eventually building almost to Category 5 strength, Lenny squatted for two days between the Virgin Islands and St. Martin, whipping the ocean with 155 mile-per-hour winds and sixty-foot seas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn its path in the Anegada Passage were three sailboats and their unfortunate crews: \u003ci\u003eLa Vie en Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, a forty-one-foot sloop captained by ex-army lieutenant colonel Carl Wake; \u003ci\u003eEnglish Braids\u003c\/i\u003e, a tiny twenty-one-foot racer skippered by would-be elite competitive sailor Steve Rigby; and \u003ci\u003eFrederic-Anne\u003c\/i\u003e, a sixty-five-foot schooner skippered by ambitious Guillaume Llobregat. None of the men knew each other, yet they converged by fate in a tiny circle of the sea in the midst of a storm no boat could withstand. And even as he battled for survival, Carl Wake lived the crowning hours of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Kretschmer's \u003ci\u003eAt the Mercy of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e retraces the journeys of these three sailors through life and across oceans. It is a taut, suspenseful re-creation that seeks to make sense of the improbable intersection of three lives at the height of a storm, and a gripping reconstruction of Carl Wake's search for meaning and, ultimately, for his soul.","brand":"McGraw Hill-Ascent","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49352268415280,"sku":"BDhlrv","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49352275034416,"sku":"ZEhlrv","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49352275099952,"sku":"ZMhlrv","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hlrv-Square-cover.jpg?v=1769753295","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hlrv","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}