Surviving the Storms: Extraordinary Stories of Courage and Compassion at Sea

‘There’s water in the engine,’ he said. ‘The engine has stopped.’
This changed everything…

Surviving the Storms brings together incredible first-hand accounts of rescues carried out by the remarkable RNLI lifesavers.

In this collection of heart-wrenching and life-affirming missions, we hear blow-by-blow descriptions of some of the most dramatic rescues from the last twenty years. We experience these through the eyes of the lifesavers as they must make life-or-death decisions, face fierce conditions and tackle difficult and dangerous situations. But we also see the optimism, passion and courage that is crucial to a successful rescue, and experience the genuine joy felt by the volunteer crews and lifeguards in being a part of something so important.

Each remarkable story is one of bravery, jeopardy and an unrelenting commitment to battling the forces of nature and saving every life. Volunteers are the lifeblood of the RNLI – men, women, husbands, wives, fathers and mothers, all forming one big crew determined to protect perfect strangers. They are ordinary people doing the truly extraordinary.

• The RNLI is a hugely loved charity in the UK with an amazing 200-year history
• They also have an impressive portfolio of dedicated celebrity brand ambassadors, including Ant Middleton
• They have a reach of 94k followers on Instagram, 375k fans on Facebook and a supporter print magazine with a circulation of 200k and an email marketing list of over 100k
• Their BBC series, Saving Lives at Sea, is now in its third series averaging viewing figures of 1.5million
• The RNLI will commit to promoting the book to all of their supporters, and as a part of any campaign from publication onwards
• Comps include THE SHIPPING FORECAST book (39.5k TCM) and BILBO THE LIFEGUARD DOG (8.8k TCM)

Competition: The Shipping Forecast;Attention All Shipping;And Now the Shipping Forecast;Bilbo the lifeguard dog;Mayday! Mayday!;The Shout;The Lifeboat;Never Turn Back. By Nic Compton;Charlie Connelly;Peter Jefferson;Steven Jamieson;Alison Bowyer;Karen Farrington;Nick Constable;Chris Snell;Huw Lewis-Jones