This book is a nail-biter much in the same way that "The Perfect Storm" was to all of us who lived through the Blizzard of '78 and then the No-Name Storm of October 1991. Actually, it is so well-written it would be a nail-biter to anyone I would think. What I like the most is that the author makes people that I only knew about through the news stories at the time come to life. They are real, brave and you want it to have a happy ending, even though life doesn't work that way sometimes. Highly recommended.