Catching Thunder

• 1.The Pirate
• 2. "The Bandit 6"
• 3.Operation Icefish
• 4.The Occupation
• 5.Hot Pursuit
• 6.Operation Spillway
• 7.The Ice
• 8.Vesturvon
• 9.The Pirate Capital
• 10.The Storm
• 11.The Secret Channel
• 12.The Longest Day
• 13.The Shipmaster
• 14.Desolation Island
• 15.The Phantom Ship
• 16.The Wall of Death
• 17.The World Record
• 18."The Only Sheriff in Town"
• 19.The Flying Mariner
• 20.A Bloody Nightmare
• 21.La Mafia Gallega
• 22.God's Fingerprint
• 23.Buenas Tardes, Bob Barker
• 24.Message in a Bottle
• 25.Raid on the High Seas
• 26.Operation Sparrow
• 27.Exercise Good Hope
• 28.The Bird of Ill Omen
• 29.The Wanderer
• 30.The Man in the Arena
• 31.The Third Ship
• 32."You Are Nothing"
• 33.The Snake in Paradise
• 34.The Armpit of Africa
• 35.Mayday
• 36.A Weird Dream
• 37.A Last Resort
• 38.The Island of Rumours
• 39.48 Hours
• 40.Three Condemned Men
• 41. The Luck of the Draw
• 42.The Escape
• 43.The Unluckiest Ship in the World
• 44.The Judgment
• 45.Prisoners' Island
• 46.The Man from Mongolia
• 47.The Last Viking
• 48.Operation Yuyus
• 49.The Tiantai Mystery
• 50.A Dirty Business
• 51.The Showdown
• 52.The Madonna and the Octopus
• 53.The Final Act
  

Eskil Engdal has worked as a feature journalist at the Norwegian broadsheet Dagens Næringsliv for more than 20 years. He has won the prestigious SKUP journalism award for outstanding investigative reporting (2001), the International Reporter's Journalism Award (2012) and the Golden Pen (2013). Kjetil Sæter has worked as a journalist for the broadsheets Aftenposten, Finansavisen and currently as feature writer for Dagens Næringsliv. He has won two SKUP diplomas (2007 and 2010), the SKUP award (2011) and the Schibsted Journalism Award (2008).

'This 110-day, round-the-world pursuit of a rogue trawler reads like a noir thriller ... recorded with flair and precision. The book promises all the pleasures of a crime novel, but it is after bigger game.'
5/5* Telegraph

'An uproarious adventure - one predicated on the protestors' ferocious sense of moral rectitude. Engdal and Sæter are energetic writers with a sense of pace and cinematic detail ... Catching Thunder is an exciting read.'
Spectator

'A rip-roaring tale of piracy which charts an extraordinary chase and highlights an invisible crime against conservation. It defines page-turner or a book you can't put down - and it's all true. It came close to making me run away to sea to join the fight. The ultimate denouement is gripping.'
Chris Packham, Big Issue 


'A gripping story ... A clarion call for those who want to save our seas.'
National Geographic Traveller 



'A true story that reads like a spy novel, peppered with scary organized crime villains, charismatic environmental activists and Interpol agents, and enough tidbits about sailing treacherous seas, commercial fishing, and endangered species to satisfy the most dedicated nautical adventure fan.'
5/5* Foreword Reviews

'This is a modern pirate story, but the plunder isn't pieces of eight - it's the Patagonian Toothfish, as valuable as narcotics ... A solid piece of collaborative journalism.'
Sydney Morning Herald

'True adventure, life and death moments, and real life heroism: what reader could ask for more?'
Ingrid Newkirk, President, PETA

'Engdal and Sæter are to journalism what Jagger and Richards are to rock and roll - sexy, irreverent and brilliant.'
Luke Harding, Guardian journalist and author of The Snowden Files

'This is the story of our time: the blind destruction of the oceans and our ecosphere, and the actions of those with the courage to stand up and confront it.'
Peter Heller, author of The Whale