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Drowning

Drowning 1

The Rescue of Flight 1421

by T. J. Newman
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/06/2023
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Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman - whose first book Falling was an instant international bestseller and the biggest thriller debut of 2021 - returns for her second book, 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.

ISBN:
9781398507678
9781398507678
Category:
Thriller / suspense
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-06-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
234.01x153.01x22.5mm

'Stunning, emotional, and unforgettable. Drowning reads like Apollo 13 underwater'
Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of City on Fire and The Border

'Drowning is The Poseidon Adventure meets The Martian. It is another can’t-put-down, edge-of-your-seat thriller from T. J. Newman, one of our most exciting new authors'
Adrian McKinty, New York Times bestselling author of The Chain and The Island

'Drowning is pure adrenaline and all heart. Gripping, relentless, effortlessly assured, T. J. Newman’s thriller is tense and moving. You’ll be grabbed from page one as the crew and passengers of a downed airliner fight for survival and rescuers race to reach them. Drowning is an incredible ride - strap in, brace, and remember to breathe'
Meg Gardiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author

'Drowning is the first terrific thriller of 2023. Honest. It has at least a dozen legit cliffhangers and a dozen huggable characters you can’t stop rooting for. T.J. Newman has the goods. Make that thegreats!'
James Patterson

T. J. Newman

T. J. Newman is a former bookseller and flight attendant whose first novel Falling became a publishing sensation and debuted at number two on the New York Times bestseller list.

The book was named a best book of the year by USA TODAY and Esquire, among many others, and has been published in over thirty countries. The book will soon be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures. T. J. lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Drowning is her second novel.

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Drowning is the second novel by American author, T J Newman. Two minutes out from take-off on their flight from Honolulu to San Francisco, Will Kent and his eleven-year-old daughter Shannon watch as the engine of their A321 Airbus erupts into flame. Flight Attendant Molly Hernandez has seen it too, as have many others. Shannon wonders why they’re not turning back to the airfield.

First Officer on Flight 1421, Kit Callahan reports to air traffic control: not only have they lost thrust in engine one, but also all hydraulic fluid in all three systems. ATC clear the runways for their return, but Kit replies “Unable. We cannot turn around. We cannot climb. We have no hydraulic power. We have no control of this aircraft. Don’t give us alternates. Get a rescue team ready to get us in the water.”

Six minutes and thirty- seven seconds after take-off, with ninety-nine souls on board, Flight 1421 crashes into the sea. The Coast Guard puts out an appeal for help: “Commercial fishermen. Private sailboats. Tourist catamarans. Dive boats. Fishing charters. They put their work, vacations, and honeymoons on hold”, but the scene they encounter is horrific: aviation fuel alight on the surface of the water, and many of those who exited the plane via the chutes unable to escape the flames.

As an engineer, Will could see that there was only one safe place: inside the sealed aircraft, and he convinced Kit to seal the doors. Now they were twelve, a mixed bunch: two children, an elderly couple, a honeymooner abruptly widowed, a nurse, a bartender, a salesman, and three aircrew. Not all agreed with this strategy, and they were vocal about it. But when the plane began to sink, things got even more challenging…

Most thrillers require a degree of suspension of disbelief, but Newman, no doubt through her intimate knowledge of the subject, in addition to some thorough research on aspects with which she was less familiar, makes her story so easily believable, readers may hesitate before boarding another plane.

With vignettes supplying the backstory of the passengers, crew and some of the rescuers, Newman’s second novel has a bit of a Poseidon Adventure feel to it, and the lateral thinking required to save people trapped in a plane under water is enthralling. As with Falling, this one grabs you on page one and doesn’t let go. Unputdownable!
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and the publisher.

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