A 20-year-old young man makes trips on the oceans. The ship that he works on have a big leak and the journey will be very dangerous. The same ship later have a fire that can not be stopped. Finally, the crew had to abandon the ship.

The story could be taken place today at a coal-fired ships. The book described very well what is happening at sea in danger, lack of sleep and coping despite the fact that the forces are exhausted.

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