Drowning : the rescue of Flight 1421 : a novel / T.J. Newman.
Summary:
"The first terrific thriller of 2023." --James Patterson * "Spectacular...Taut, gripping." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * "Reads like Apollo 13 underwater." --Don Winslow * "Masterful." --Patricia Cornwell Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman returns with an edge-of-your-seat thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into the ocean and sinks to the bottom with passengers trapped inside--and the extraordinary rescue operation to save them.Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors--but it's too late. The plane sinks to the bottom with twelve passengers trapped inside. More than two hundred feet below the surface, engineer Will Kent and his eleven-year-old daughter Shannon are waist-deep in water and fighting for their lives. Their only chance at survival is an elite rescue team on the surface led by professional diver Chris Kent--Shannon's mother and Will's soon-to-be ex-wife--who must work together with Will to find a way to save their daughter and rescue the passengers from the sealed airplane, which is now teetering on the edge of an undersea cliff. There's not much time. There's even less air. With devastating emotional power and heart-stopping suspense, Drowning is an unforgettable thriller about a family's desperate fight to save themselves and the people trapped with them--against impossible odds.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781797140643
- ISBN: 1797140647
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (07 hr., 48 min., 45 sec.)) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023.
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- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Steven Weber and Laura Benanti.
- Source of Description Note:
- Online resource; title from title details screen (OverDrive, viewed June 2, 2023).
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When Flight 1421 crashes into the ocean six minutes after take-off, the surviving passengers believe they are the lucky ones until the plane starts to sink to the ocean floor, trapping them inside, and they must wait to be rescued as both air and time run out. - Findaway World Llc
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES * âReads like Apollo 13 underwater.â âDon Winslow * âMasterful.â âPatricia Cornwell * âA stunningly vivid tour de force!â Gripping. Shocking.â âBrad Thor
Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newmanâs adrenaline-fueled thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into the ocean and sinks to the bottom with passengers trapped insideâand the extraordinary rescue operation to save them.
Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doorsâbut itâs too late. The plane sinks to the bottom with twelve passengers trapped inside.
More than two hundred feet below the surface, engineer Will Kent and his eleven-year-old daughter Shannon are waist-deep in water and fighting for their lives.
Their only chance at survival is an elite rescue team on the surface led by professional diver Chris KentâShannonâs mother and Willâs soon-to-be ex-wifeâwho must work together with Will to find a way to save their daughter and rescue the passengers from the sealed airplane, which is now teetering on the edge of an undersea cliff.
Thereâs not much time. Thereâs even less air.
With devastating emotional power and heart-stopping suspense, Drowning is an unforgettable thriller about a familyâs desperate fight to save themselves and the people trapped with themâagainst impossible odds. - Simon and Schuster
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