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After geopolitics forced him into exile, Alexei Molchanov—the world’s greatest living diver and son of freediving pioneer Natalia Molchanova—has spent 2023 on a quest to reclaim his sporting glory and honor his iconic mother’s immense legacy by attempting to create the most dominant season in the history of the deadly sport. His near-suicidal quest to set five world records in less than four months will take him to the farthest reaches of the globe and to the very limits of human productivity. In the process, he is forced to reevaluate every skill and belief he has built his entire life on.