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. Newman’s adrenaline-fueled 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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“Each page is dripping with a plethora of emotions—ranging from fear to claustrophobia…creating a reading experience that is truly unlike anything else in print today.”
— Real Book Spy
“This is a thriller to the core…a nightmarish situation from which heroes emerge.”
— Washington Post“The pace is blinding, the suspense electrifying, the human drama impassioned…the best read on dry land.”
— Los Angeles Times“A spectacular aviation thriller that readers will be relieved to know is fiction…A taut, gripping yarn. Not for the weak-kneed.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“The first terrific thriller of 2023.”
— James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author“Reads like Apollo 13 underwater.”
— Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author“Gripping. Shocking.”
— Brad Thor, New York Times bestselling authorBe the first to write a review about this audiobook!
T. J. Newman, a former bookseller turned flight attendant, worked for Virgin America and Alaska Airlines from 2011 to 2021. She wrote much of her debut novel, Falling, during cross-country red-eye flights while her passengers were asleep.
Steven Weber is an Earphones Award–winning narrator who has been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. He has been named by AudioFile magazine three times for best narration of the year. As an actor, he made his film debut in 1984 in The Flamingo Kid and has since acted in numerous films and television series, including Wings and The Shining. He has also appeared in many stage productions, including National Anthems and the Broadway musical The Producers.