Beneath the waves An excerpt from Madame Saks diary: It was April 1912. I was just a baby then.Mom kept the telegram from Dad and told me the story years later. "Greetings from across the pond. An opportunity of a lifetime. White Star Steamer. Boarding the RMS Titanic...

Tom and I had been friends since college. We were classic 'nerds', socially awkward, not very popular, but it didn't affect who we were. We both landed 9-to-5 jobs at the PsyTech Lab after graduation and were assigned to the Totem project. They were entry-level positions,...