438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

On November 17, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat out to sea. The storm picked up and blasted him west. When he washed ashore on January 29, 2014, he had arrived in the Marshall Islands, 9,000 miles away — equivalent to traveling from New York to Moscow round trip.

Jonathan Franklin regularly reports for "The Guardian", "VICE", and "Esquire". He also works with the team at Retro Report producing documentaries broadcast by "The New York Times". Based in Santiago, Chile, and Manhattan, Franklin reports on Latin America. Franklin s previous book "33 Men", the exclusive account of Chilean miners trapped nearly a kilometer underground, became a national bestseller in the US and UK and was translated into nineteen languages. He can be contacted @FranklinBlog and JonathanFranklin.com.