Gripping real-life tales of survival in some of the world's most hostile environments, told in a lively graphic-novel format. Each title features three dramatic stories, plus an introduction to the habitat, maps, survival tips and summaries of other life or death experiences.

In Defying Death in the Desert read about a shipwrecked crew's fight for survival across 1300km of the Sahara, a marathon runner's nightmare in a sandstorm in Morocco, and a pilot's crash-landing in the harsh, arid Kalahari Desert.