A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist relates the experiences of the thirty-three men who endured entrapment beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days during the San José mine collapse outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010.

Cities in the desert -- Beneath the mountain of thunder and sorrow. A company man ; The end of everything ; The dinner hour ; "I'm always hungry" ; Red alert! ; "We have sinned" ; Blessed among women ; A flickering flame ; Cavern of dreams -- Seeing the devil. The speed of sound ; Christmas ; Astronauts ; Absolute leader ; Cowboys ; Saints, statues, Satan ; Independence Day ; Rebirth -- The Southern Cross. In a better country ; The tallest tower ; Underground ; Under the stars.