Drowning - The Most Thrilling Blockbuster of the Year
By T. J. Newman

Flight attendant turnedand New York Timesand bestselling author T. J. Newman - whose first bookand Fallingand 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.With devastating emotional power and heart-stopping suspense,and Drowningand is an unforgettable thriller about a family's desperate fight to save themselves and the people trapped with them - against impossible odds.Praise for Drowning:'Stunning, emotional, and unforgettable.and Drowningand reads likeand Apollo 13and underwater'and Don Winslow,and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand City on Fireand andand The Border'Drowningand isand The Poseidon Adventureand meetsand 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'and Adrian McKinty,and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand The Chainand andand The Island'Drowningand 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 oneand as the crew and passengers of a downed airliner fight for survival and rescuers race to reach them.and Drowningand is an incredible ride - strap in, brace, and remember to breathe'and Meg Gardiner, #1and New York Timesand bestselling author'Drowningand is the first terrific thriller of 2023.and Honest. It has at least a dozen legit cliffhangers and a dozen huggable characters you can't stop rooting for.and T.J. Newman has the goods.and Make thatand theand greats!'and James Patterson'No second album syndrome for TJ Newman, who follows up her hit plane-hijack debutand Fallingand with another tense, affecting account of an aviation disaster inand Drowning. This feels like a movie blockbuster-to-be, with James Cameron the ideal director.'and The Sunday Timesand Buckle up because this edge-of-the-seat thriller won't let you go, not until you know the outcome, anyway. Cue rescue teams, complex plans, and a nail-biting and emotional race against the clock. Breath taking stuff.'and Zoe West, Women's Weekly'With devastating emotional power and heart-stopping suspense,and Drowningand is an unforgettable thriller about a family's desperate fight to save themselves and the people trapped with them - against impossible odds.'and Magic Radio Book Club