Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

Cities in the desert -- I. Beneath the mountain of thunder and sorrow -- A company man -- The end of everything -- The dinner hour -- "I'm always hungry" -- Red alert! -- "We have sinned" -- Blessed among women -- A flickering flame -- Cavern of dreams -- II. Seeing the devil -- The speed of sound -- Christmas -- Astronauts -- Absolute leader -- Cowboys -- Saints, statues, Satan -- Independence Day -- Rebirth -- III. The Southern Cross -- In a better country -- The tallest tower -- Underground -- Under the stars.;"When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, and in Deep Down Dark, he brings them to haunting, visceral life. We learn what it was like to be imprisoned inside a mountain, understand the horror of being slowly consumed by hunger, and experience the awe of working in such a place-one filled with danger and that often felt alive. A masterwork of narrative journalism and a stirring testament to the power of the human spirit, Deep Down Dark captures the profound ways in which the lives of everyone involved in the catastrophe were forever changed."--Publisher.