![]() ![]() Haunted by the fifteen hundred who went to their deaths in those icy waters, and by the loss of his own baby son years earlier, Steadman must either find redemption in the Titanic's tragedy or lose himself. So begins his strange journey towards the truth. As soon as he lays eyes on the Californian's captain and second officer, he knows a story lurks behind their version of events. Why not? When the story of the disaster begins to emerge, it's a question that Boston American reporter John Steadman cannot let go. The other ship, the Californian, saw these rockets but didn't come. Just after midnight the Titanic began firing distress rockets. She called for help by Morse lamp and the new Marconi telegraph machine, but there was no response. ![]() Sometimes the smallest of human failings can lead to the greatest of disasters As the Titanic was sinking slowly in the wretchedly cold North Atlantic, she could see the lights of another ship on the horizon. Publishers Description: David Dyer's astonishing novel The Midnight Watch is based on the true story of the SS Californian, the ship that saw the Titanic's distress rockets and yet, unfathomably, did nothing. A Novel Of The Titanic And The Californian ![]() Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. ![]()
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