Between the Devil and the Deep by Mark Cowan

Between the Devil and the Deep by Mark Cowan

One of the best accounts ever written of deep-water diving and its staggering, haunting dangers. Robert Kurson, New York Times bestselling author of Shadow Divers

Deep underwater lurks a mysterious man-made illness. It has gone by many names over the years --Satan's disease, diver's palsy, the chokes--but today, doctors call it decompression sickness. You know it as the bends.
That's the devil British diver Martin Robson faces each time he plunges beneath the surface.

In the winter of 2012, Robson was part of an expedition to Blue Lake, southern Russia, which sought to find a submerged cave system never seen by the human eye. On the final day of the expedition, as Robson returned from diving deeper into the lake than anyone had before, disaster struck: just seventy-five feet down, he was ambushed by the bends.
Robson knew that if he continued up to the surface he would probably die before help arrived. Instead, he sank back into the water, gambling on an underwater practice most doctors believe is a suicidal act. Soon the only hope he had of saving his life would rest in the hands of a dramatic mercy mission organized at the highest levels of the Russian government.

Between the Devil and the Deep is the first book to tell the terrifying true story of what it feels like to get the bends, taking you inside the body and mind of a man who suffered the unthinkable. Writer Mark Cowan also explores the grimly fascinating history of decompression sickness, the science behind what causes the disease, and the stories of the forgotten divers who pushed the limits of physical endurance to help find a solution.

'One of the best accounts ever written of deep-water diving and its staggering, haunting dangers' Robert Kurson, New York Times bestselling author of Shadow Divers

Dr Martin Robson is a Lecturer at the Defence Studies Department, King's College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College. He is the author of several works of military, aviation and naval history. Dr Robson delivers regular battlefield lectures and on the ground perspectives on D-Day and the fighting in Normandy as part of the UK Staff College Battlefield Tours to key D-Day sites including Omaha Beach, Sword Beach, Arromanches, Pegasus Bridge and Pointe du Hoc, all of which provide him with a remarkable knowledge of D-Day objects, their significance and their contemporary context.

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ISBN 13	9781800180291
ISBN 10	1800180292
Title	Between the Devil and the Deep
Author	Mark Cowan
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Unbound
Year published	2021-07-22
Number of pages	480
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