"Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II" by Robert Kurson

I literally devoured this book. In about 16 or 17 hours I had finished it cover to cover and was on the net looking for another book by Robert Kurson. What’s phenomenal about this story is its unbelievable and yet true account of an ordeal two divers went through, and the years of struggle, to identify a sunken WW2 submarine 60 miles of the coast of New Jersey. The firs one is an ambitious risk taker who’s ready to do almost anything to get the answer, while the second, a more cautious yet daring, willing to go the distance beside his friend. The book doesn’t omit a thing. Readers will become intimate with the dangers accompanying deep-ocean diving, such as the narcosis, the oxygen depravation, and yes - death. There are three deaths that occur in the process of discovery, six years go by and two families are ruined, but in the end the mystery is solved. For me, the story represents a tribute to the true human will, what separates the man from the animal – the willingness to face death for the sake of knowledge. What separates this book from the average ‘based-on-a-true-story’ books is the exceptional narrative with which the author creates a heart pounding, the-edge-of-the-seat, electrifying ride into the little known territory of underwater exploration. In the end, the reader is left wanting more, needing more. A GREAT JOB!

- by Simon Cleveland