THE DROWNED PLACES by Damian Le Bas

Out 17th April 2025 in Chatto & Windus hardback and Penguin audiobook and eBook

“Loss, risk, adventure - Le Bas has written the most compelling and evocative of underwater odysseys” KATE HUMBLE

“Few since the time of Jacques Cousteau have written so well about diving … This beautifully written book [is] full of delights and surprises” LITERARY REVIEW

“Breathtakingly good” TRISTAN GOOLEY

“The book about diving I couldn’t find a few years ago, giving both the technicalities and the wonder” AMY LIPTROT

“Endlessly fascinating” DAVID GIBBINS

“The most captivating book on diving that I have ever read” MENSUN BOUND

“Brings the ancient myths and stark realities of the ocean vividly to life” SOPHIE ELMHIRST

“Powerful and superbly profound … Le Bas is a fantastic writer” ROB COWEN

“Le Bas is a fine, vivid writer and his adventures are immersively told. I’ve read few better descriptions of the contradictions of the sport, its wonder and its terror, its grace and its absurdity” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH