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Nevil Shute’s thriller follows Theodore Honey, a discreet engineer whose unconventional ideas are ridiculed in aviation circles. After a passenger plane inexplicably crashes in Newfoundland, Honey is driven to prove his theory to prevent further loss of life. In his attempt to reach the crash site, he discovers that he is aboard one of the faulty aircraft, along with a friendly stewardess and an elderly movie star. Facing an imminent disaster, Honey must confront his own anxieties and the threats posed by the defective plane.
First publish date: June 1985
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Nevil Shute
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