On January 22, 2019, the cargo ship Alta was spotted drifting eerily close to the rocky shores of Ballycotton, Ireland. But this was no ordinary vessel—it had been missing for nearly two years, presumed lost somewhere in the Atlantic....

Going insane was a luxury. It's the going, that's the treat. Going suggests travel, moving. There was no going. The madness was constant and still, sitting there, like a place on a map. The women in the beautifully brutal...