Georges Bank, 1896 -- Gloucester, Mass., 1991 -- God's country -- The Flemish cap -- The barrel of the gun -- Graveyard of the Atlantic -- The zero-moment point -- The world of the living -- Into the abyss -- The dreams of the dead.

The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension.