South

“With naval history, the true stories are every bit as crazy as the fiction. These books really sum up what people do at the edge of survival. South by Ernest Shackleton is a great example. What happened to Shackleton and that whole expedition to the South Pole—you couldn’t make up the things that they went through. Those themes of survival and what people will do when they’re pushed to the edge of endurance, how resourceful people can be in order to survive and to help each other.” Read more...

The Best Naval Historical Fiction

Katie Daysh, Novelist