The U-Boat is Our Moment and Circle Runner Summary and Analysis

Chatterton and Kohler are now virtually certain the sub they have discovered is U-869, however, no definitive proof has been recovered from the actual wreck. They decide they will continue diving, looking for proof.

The divers find many more artifacts, but nothing that is marked or stamped with the number of the submarine. Eventually, they are nearly the only divers willing to dive the wreck. The three deaths that have already occurred there keep most divers away from the site.

Meanwhile, Kohler's marriage is suffering as a result of his constant diving. As a promise to his wife, he gives up diving completely in order to spend more time with his wife and children. Chatterton turns his attention to other wrecks, spending the next two years making...