Any book that is subtitled, ‘How I Went to the Bottom of the Ocean and a Giant Fish Accidentally got me Drunk’, has got to well worth reading and believe me, this one is, and in spades. Although ostensibly a combined travelogue and the story of the search for an elusive cryptid (they always are), it is a lot more besides and it turns out to be one of the funniest books on the subject you can buy. The author, Pat Spain, who is also a qualified marine biologist, is a master storyteller and a presenter on the Travel Channel and freely admits to doing things that are generally not part of a travel show; these involve lying in a pit of 200,000 snakes and getting drunk from the fumes off a pickled Oar Fish. It quickly becomes obvious that there is a lot more to these shows than just calmly standing in front of a camera and introducing some animal. In this book, it’s his account of searching for a giant Canadian sea serpent. Among other things this involves Pat getting into a three-man mini-sub, submerging to 1,000 feet in search of the beast, hating every second of it, but not daring to let it show. However, the real beauty of it is that he gives the account of his adventures in a very amusing fashion. We follow Pat and his film crew as they board a commercial fishing boat in search of the cryptid, and his crew are none-to-happy about it either and they let him know it too. Does he eventually find his giant beastie? No spoilers here, you’ll have to buy the book to find out and I promise you, you’ll get a good few belly laughs along the way; thoroughly recommended. www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk ~ Phenomena Magazine , Review

What, if anything, is the perplexing sea monster known as Cadborosaurus? Join Pat Spain as he combines adventure travelogue and behind-the-scenes insight from TV-land with the wiley investigative powers of a passionate naturalist and scientist. The right mix of hilariously funny anecdotes, a deep interest in the natural world, and a quest for mystery animals. ~ Dr. Darren Naish, author of Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths

When it comes to peering beyond the periphery of what is known to science, it’s hard to imagine a better guide than Pat Spain. By his own happy admission an overgrown ‘weirdo adventure nature kid’, now occupying the same body as a proper marine biologist, his approach to cryptozoology is both fun and serious, and built on a solid foundation of the non-crypto variety. As lively and up-for-anything on the page as he is on the screen, he also gives a bonus glimpse into the world of costume malfunctions and boiling swimming pools that exists behind the scenes of natural history TV. ~ Jeremy Wade, Host of River Monsters and Author of How to Think Like a Fish

Pat Spain is that rare thing; a rationalist who still embraces the possible and knows that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of. A grown-up who has lost none of the childhood wonder and curiosity that makes the world magical. A scientist who keeps an open mind and rejoices in the fact that absence of proof is not proof of absence. There is nobody I’d want to travel with more to explore the wild side of our literally extraordinary planet. Buckle up and prepare for adventures. ~ Harry Marshall, Chairman and Co-Founder of Icon Films