A fascinating insight into an underwater world which most of us will never know. This book is gripping and easy to read. It is a real life story that will make you laugh and cry. A great read, not just for the divers.

I had no previous knowledge of this strange world, where otherwise sane men will sit on the bottom of a raging sea holding their breath to dangerous limits in the hope of a chance to spear a once-in-a-lifetime fish. But as I read Eric Smith's engaging personal journey, from a boy with a makeshift curtain-rod spear landing his first fish off the local beach, to competitor in the extreme situations of the European and world championships, I was drawn in and gripped.



This book bears no relation to the puffed-up autobiographies found in many sports, but is a series of episodes that illustrate the real behind-the-scenes experience of someone who has really been there and has done it for his own reasons. The desire to hunt fish in this way has something timeless about it, that would probably be recognised by men from other centuries.



The will to push the boundaries far beyond anything recognisable to the rest of us has taken Eric along the way to extreme situations, which he describes with a witty and modest style.



I recommend this book as a good read to anyone, not just divers.

Fantastic book for every diver. A very good read for anyone who wants to get into spearfishing on breathold diving. I could not put this book down when I started to read it. This guy is a legend in British Spearfishing circles and has written a well informed book for all types of spearfishing in the UK and abroad. I would recommend this to all divers across the spectrum to open your eyes to the most selective form of fishing in the world.