The Outlaw Ocean

Gripping and shocking by turns … Most of the book clips along with the pace of a thriller … stomach-churningly tense … as outlandish and as thrilling as a heist film * The Times *Just incredible – Naomi KleinUrbina has written an astonishing book about a world most of us don’t even know exists. These are dispatches from the lawless ocean - of traffickers, slaves, heroes, gangsters, crooks and scoundrels - which will amaze, enthral and appal you – Oliver Bullough, author of MoneylandIncredible, readable, riveting – Sam Walker * Wall Street Journal *You simply have to read this – Karen Tumulty * Washington Post *Staggering – Oliver Franklin-Walles * Wired *[A] remarkable piece of reportage… Gripping, visceral and often deeply shocking * Big Issue *

Ian Urbina spent five years, more than three of them at sea, uncovering the stories in The Outlaw Ocean, which began life as a series of articles for The New York Times that won seven major awards. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times where his investigations have covered oil and mining disasters, sex trafficking, high-school shooting, criminal justice, worker safety and the environment. Several have been made into films, and he has been nominated for an Emmy. Urbina has degrees in history from Georgetown and the University of Chicago, and lives in Washington, D.C., with his family.