Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 (A Novel)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "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.
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This story was unlike any other I have read before, in content, and was an intense one too!
The suspense kept me on the edge of my seat, as I hoped for the best for all of the passengers.
The suspense kept me on the edge of my seat, as I hoped for the best for all of the passengers.
Drowning proves conclusively that the success of author T.J. Newman's riveting debut, Falling, was not a fluke. Her sophomore effort, Drowning, is equally terrifying, absorbing, and emotionally satisfying. In fact, her characters and their plights are even more sympathetic, and the story more heartbreaking but, ultimately, life-affirming.
Newman considers her post-college stint at Changing Hands bookstore in Tempe, Arizona, her first step toward b...read more
Newman considers her post-college stint at Changing Hands bookstore in Tempe, Arizona, her first step toward b...read more
Another good one! I really enjoy TJ Newman’s novels but for the gripping story, but the added knowledge about the airline industry and certain technical terms and procedures from her time as a flight attendant really help add some understanding to the story.
Parts of this novel were a bit predictable, but didn’t take away from the overall story at all.
Parts of this novel were a bit predictable, but didn’t take away from the overall story at all.
First of all, HOLY SHIT BE READY FOR A WILD RIDE! This isn't the typical genre that I read but after seeing it all over the place I decided to pick it up and BOY AM I HAPPY I DID! Seriously, one of my TOP books of 2023. I read/listened to it within 2 days. I couldn’t put the book down. I keep reading even though I had work the next morning. Nothing else mattered while I was reading this book. My heart was beating out of my chest THE ENTIRE TIME. ...read more
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