"A suspense story, a mystery, a technological thriller: This is Joel Achenbachs groundbreaking account of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and what came after. The tragic explosion on the huge drilling rig in April 2010 killed eleven men and triggered an environmental disaster. As a gusher of crude surged into the Gulfs waters, BP engineers and government scientistsawkwardly teamed in Houstonraced to devise ways to plug the Macondo well"--Provided by publisher.

Macondo -- Inferno -- Hot stabs -- Crisis -- Doomsday -- Calling all geniuses -- Louisiana -- Top kill -- Repercussions -- A disaster site -- Integrity test -- The banality of catastrophe -- An engineered planet.