I read on average 5-6 books a month, and there have only been a few where I picked up the book, started reading, was immediately engrossed and really struggled to put it down. “Dark Water” was one of those books and the second book in the trilogy, “The Seed Buried Deep” was just as amazing.
Jason is a brilliant author, his writing is hilarious, descriptive, honest, exciting, and incisive. I can really understand the amount of praise the book received, it is well deserved.
The journey started off from a drunken discussion between Jason and his friend Steve, progressed to getting a boat “Moksha” designed build and road tested. The expedition planning was helped along by an assortment of people who lived in a squat with Jason, filmmakers and supporters joined the adventurers and a year later, all the pieces started coming together. This in itself amazed me, I thought that maybe Jason and Steve had been ex-army/navy and already had the skills to make the expedition a success. (Nope, one was a scientist and the other was a musician/window cleaner.)
The narrative continues with describing the first part of the adventure, it has all the elements needed for a great story: amazing adventures; wonderful descriptions of countries and oceans; amazing wildlife; danger; conflict; hunger: humour; illness; life threatening situations; jobsworth officials; the kindness and eccentricity of strangers.
I loved the way Jason and Steve worked with schools and encouraged the children to think about environmental issues and what they could do, as young as they were, to make a difference. I bet the children were impressed with the different modes of transport, bicycle, boat and rollerblading, I know I was.
Jason also does not flinch from describing the challenges of the expedition: of living in close proximity with someone else; the idiotic arguments; the sulks; the horrible boils; the scalding; having to deal with the monotony of pedalling, needing the mental strength to carry on when things didn’t go to plan and the near death experiences they both faced. It’s also fascinating to see how much Jason learned about himself during his adventure.
This is a tale of courage, fortitude, friendship and above all adventure and it’s a damn good read. This book would appeal to active adventurers and people like myself who like to sit with a cuppa and live vicariously.
Really looking forward to reading the last book in the trilogy when it is available.
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Gorillalady1
As Jason says, "Lack of experience isn't a good enough reason not to try "
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A real adventure
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Great story by a superb storyteller
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Pauly Paul
Everyone should be aware of this remarkable achievement. A real inspirational book which has given me itchy feet.
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Barbara
An inspiration to us all.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2015Verified Purchase
