A story of nine men who fought the Japanese from America's deadliest submarine, survived its sinking and endured months of brutal torture in captivity. It tells how while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges, just nine of the original eighty-man crew of the US Navy submarine Tang survived a harrowing ascent through the escape hatch.

Kershaw presents the adrenaline-soaked story of nine men who fought the Japanese from America's deadliest submarine, survived its sinking, and endured months of brutal torture in captivity.