Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 (A Novel)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES * Reads like Apollo 13 underwater. Don Winslow * Masterful. Patricia Cornwell * A stunningly vivid tour de force! Gripping. Shocking. Brad Thor Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newmans adrenaline-fueled thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into the ocean and sinks to the bottom with passengers trapped insideand 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 doorsbut its 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 KentShannons mother and Wills soon-to-be ex-wifewho 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. Theres not much time. Theres even less air. With devastating emotional power and heart-stopping suspense, Drowning is an unforgettable thriller about a familys desperate fight to save themselves and the people trapped with themagainst impossible odds.