Blowout: A Crude Fate

The warning signs come too late. One second, Joe Mercer is running the drill floor. The next, the ground trembles beneath him-then the well erupts.

A deafening explosion shatters the rig. Fire rips through steel. Toxic gas seeps into the air. Trapped in the scorching Texas desert with no way out, Joe and his crew have one choice: fight to survive, or die trying. As supplies dwindle and the inferno rages, the well spews destruction with no signs of stopping. Equipment fails. The heat suffocates. And with every passing second, the odds of making it out alive shrink.

But escaping the fire doesn't mean escaping the nightmare. When Joe finally returns home to Louisiana, the danger isn't over-it's just changed. Haunted by the ghosts of the blowout, torn between his family and the only life he's ever known, he faces one final question:

Was surviving the easy part?