Extreme Survival will have you on the edge-of-your-seat with truly amazing survival stories.



New York Times bestselling author Michael Tougias has earned critical acclaim and literary awards for his many bestseller nonfiction narratives. Extreme Survival is the long-awaited follow-up to The Finest Hours, coauthored with Casey Sherman.



Explore the stories and the causes of manmade disasters. To answer the question of why disasters happen and how some survive, Tougias interviewed over 100 people who survived against all odds, first chronicling their harrowing survival stories, and then discussing in detail lessons learned. Extreme Survival delivers the entertainment and exceptional research Michael Tougias fans expect.


Understand resilience through the mindset of survivors. Surviving disasters requires survival techniques to kick in at the right moment. Learn what a person is capable of when under extreme pressure and facing imminent disaster.



Inside find: captivating and narrative survival stories told in true Tougias trademark style; analysis of major manmade disasters and the faulty decisions that led to them; and first-person accounts and detailed survival tactics that can apply to your every-day life.



If you like true survival books like The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time, Into Thin Air, The Gift of Fear, Into the Abyss, Deep Survival, or If I Live Until Morning, you'll love Extreme Survival.