About the book: 2002 / For one hundred days, the crew of the ship Leicester, caught in the “eye” of the Serpent Ring cyclone, resisted the elements. For a hundred days, a handful of brave men fought for their lives and the salvation of the ship. They won the battle with the raging ocean, the name of the ship and the names of the rescue sailors forever entered the history of navigation through the stormy waters of the North Atlantic.