“Adrift” is the dramatic story of Thomas W. Nye, the soul survivor of the John Rutledge’s tragic encounter with an iceberg in 1856. It is beautifully rendered, gripping and emotionally engaging from beginning to end. The story magically transports readers to another era, enabling them to see and feel what it is like to travel across the ice-choked North Atlantic in the depth of winter, and confront the ultimate nightmare scenario — a sinking in the middle of the ocean, with no help in sight. “Adrift” is a chilling and searingly memorable tale of unimaginable suffering and one man’s bittersweet triumph over the odds. o