{"product_id":"9781590175330","title":"In Hazard","description":"The \u003ci\u003eArchimedes\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern merchant steamship in tip-top  condition, and in the summer of 1929 it has been picking up goods  along  the eastern seaboard of the United States  before making a run to  China. A little overloaded,  perhaps—the oddly assorted cargo includes  piles of old newspapers and heaps of  tobacco—the ship departs for  the  Panama Canal from Norfolk, Virginia, on a beautiful autumn day. Before  long, the weather turns unexpectedly rough—rougher in fact than even the  most experienced members of the crew  have ever encountered. The \u003ci\u003eArchimedes\u003c\/i\u003e,  it turns out,  has  been swept up in the vortex of an immense  hurricane, and for the  next four days it will be battered and mauled by  wind and waves as it is driven wildly off course. Caught in an  unremitting struggle for survival, both the crew and the ship will be  tested as never before. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBased on detailed research into an actual event, Richard Hughes’s  tale of high suspense on the high seas is an extraordinary story of men  under pressure and the unexpected ways they prove their mettle—or  crack. Yet the originality, art, and greatness of \u003ci\u003eIn Hazard\u003c\/i\u003e stem  from something else: Hughes’s eerie fascination with the hurricane  itself, the inhuman force around which this wrenching tale of humanity  at its limits revolves. Hughes channels the furies of sea and sky into a  piece of writing that is both apocalyptic and analytic. \u003ci\u003eIn Hazard\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable, defining work of modern adventure.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137944142064,"sku":"9781590175330","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590175330_p0.jpg?v=1763809978","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590175330","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}