A U.S. Navy missile strikes a Toykobound airliner and, while the four surviving passengers struggle to bring the huge jet to a landing, airline representatives, Navy officers, and insurance company personnel agree that the plane's disappearance would be best for all

Mayday

Literature & Fiction

Block, Thomas

Action & Adventure

Richard Marek Publisher

Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, a missile strikes a jumbo passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, three survivors must achieve the impossible. Land the plane. From master storyteller Nelson DeMille and master pilot Thomas Block comes Maydaythe classic bestseller that packs a supersonic shock at every turn of the page....the most terrifyingly realistic air disaster thriller ever. Like a growing tidal wave, the escaping air was gathering momentum. A teenaged girl in aisle 18, seat D, near the port-side aisle, her seat dislocated by the original impact, suddenly found herself gripping her seat track on the floor, her overturned seat still strapped to her body. The seatbelt failed and the seat shot down the aisle. She lost her grip and was dragged after it. Her eyes were filled with horror as she dug her nails into the carpet, as the racing air pulled her toward the yawning hole that led outside. Her cries were unheard by even those passengers who sat barely inches away from her struggle. The noise of the escaping air was so loud that it was no longer decipherable as sound, but seemed instead a solid thing pounding at the people in their seats......

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

DEMILLE,NELSON

Mystery

Grand Central Publishing

Open Skies

This is the original version of Open Skies; see the Kindle or current paperback version for the edited and updated version! The death of Trans-Continental co-pilot, Jay Bridges, while on a stop-over in Chicago, looked like a bad accident, but the head of Trans-Continental's Miami office is not so sure. Thomas Block, who is a professional pilot also wrote "Mayday", "Airship" and "Skyfall".

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Engaging science fiction story about a hypersonic jet that is propelled into space by its' sabotaged rocket engines. As the listless plane orbits around earth, NASA sends a shuttle to rescue the 100+ passengers trapped on the doomed flight.  With oxygen reserves quickly depleting, the challenge of how to rescue the passengers given the plane will burn up upon re-entry into earth's atmosphere and a saboteur on the loose who controls the fate of the flight, Orbit is a suspense laden book that can't be put down.

Orbit

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Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Coward, McCann, Geoghegan

A U.S. Navy missle strikes a Tokyo-bound airliner and, while the four surviving passengers struggle to bring the huge jet to a landing, airline representatives, Navy officers, and insurance company personnel agree that the plane's disappearence would be best for all

Thorndike Pr

Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, a missile strikes a jumbo passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, three survivors must achieve the impossible. Land the plane. From master storyteller Nelson DeMille and master pilot Thomas Block comes Mayday, the classic bestseller that packs a supersonic shock at every turn of the page....the most terrifyingly realistic air disaster thriller ever. Like a growing tidal wave, the escaping air was gathering momentum. A teenaged girl in aisle 18, seat D, near the port-side aisle, her seat dislocated by the original impact, suddenly found herself gripping her seat track on the floor, her overturned seat still strapped to her body. The seatbelt failed and the seat shot down the aisle. She lost her grip and was dragged after it. Her eyes were filled with horror as she dug her nails into the carpet, as the racing air pulled her toward the yawning hole that led outside. Her cries were unheard by even those passengers who sat barely inches away from her struggle. The noise of the escaping air was so loud that it was no longer decipherable as sound, but seemed instead a solid thing pounding at the people in their seats......

United States

Jack Sawyer is an ex-airline pilot turned into a reluctant private investigator.  Recommended by his estranged wife Susan, he finds himself looking into the death of an airline copilot:  officially, the man's death was an accident but there are suspicions that could hint at something else.  With his estranged wife and a growing caste of other friends and acquaintances in tow, Jack sets out to track down the real reasons behind the mystery and possible murder - a humorous, insightful and exciting adventure!      Media Reviewers have said:  "A chilling climax...Open Skies is his best!" "Before we get to an unusual climax, there is action galore!" "Tense, smart and especially appealing..." Liverpool Daily Post "For the whodunnit fan looking for something different...good reading." "A super story, a chip off the old Block!"                      

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Forced Landing

Learn the 'Inside Story' of a complex high-tech crime from years ago!  Taking place in a pre-9/11 world of the 80′s, a former US submarine is hijacked in the Gulf, a floating aircraft carrier museum is hijacked from its dock in South Carolina, a Learjet and then a DC-9 are hijacked from New York shortly thereafter. The story is a vintage-era caper that involves gold, hostages and a memorable cast of noble and exceptionally nasty characters.      Media Reviews: Library Journal said: "A well-written and carefully researched piece of high-camp."Mystery News said: "The interplay of these characters builds to a shattering climax."Charleston Evening Post said: "This story thoroughly holds the reader in suspense."Pittsburgh Press said: "The man can write, and his supply of airplanes is inexhaustible."Publisher's Weekly said: "The ending is a lulu."Listed for many weeks on the Bestseller lists in the United States, England, Australia, Germany and other countries - and broadcast as a 13 episode serial drama on Japanese National Radio!The Buffalo News said: "A whiz-bang story!"

Genre Fiction

The Star Streak Hypersonic airliner is the successor to the supersonic Concorde. During a routine flight, an unexplainable engine malfunction hurls Consolidated Flight 14 far too high and into a low-earth orbit. With only limited oxygen onboard, Captain Donald Collins is about to try a desperate and unproven maneuver to save the ship and its 100 passengers. On the ground, one of the designers of the aircraft has discovered evidence that the airliner might have been sabotaged. It becomes a race against time and the inescapable laws of physics to save the airliner and those onboard who are still alive. An International Bestseller in many Worldwide markets, here is a sampling of those Media Reviews:  From the United States: The St. Louis Post said: "A spell-binding story."The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said: "Excitement and tension throughout...great fun and a good read."The San Diego newspaper said: "Orbit creates a sense of urgency and reality."United Press International said: "...a nightmare of terror and human drama."From England: The Liverpool Daily Post said: "full of technical accuracy, with a whodunnit element as well."The Manchester Evening News said: "A thrill a minute - there is excitement on every page."From Australia: The Melbourne Victoria Advertiser said: "A superthriller!"From Germany, the newspapers said: "The book reads well - very well.""Orbit has all sorts of intrigue.""The wave of emotions move quickly, and Block weaves in the action elegantly."

Thrillers & Suspense

Airship Nine

Airship Nine has been described as "Exciting, riveting, high altitude suspense" by none other than thrill-master Stephen King! Airship Nine is a tale rich in technological detail and vision, full of action, passion - and the eerie splendors of the Antarctic. Through their fading radio links connecting them to a dying world devastated by unbridled nuclear war, the men and women of Airship Nine - a new-era passenger-and-cargo blimp - and for those onboard the Soviet supply ship Primorye, the holocaust has suddenly and completely destroyed their homelands. The black clouds of nuclear winter are spreading rapidly across the globe, and their only hope for survival lay in the white ice fields ahead.    Media Reviews:  "A chilling survival manual" said the London Sunday Telegram. "Block does a solid job" said the Kirkus Review. "The story is tautly told," said the Pittsburgh Press. "An exciting science fiction thriller," and "Pure tension in a successful plot," said the German newspapers. "A timely, thought provoking, suspense-filled story. It is an exciting book," said the Iowa Bookshelf.

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Mayday

Mayday

Open Skies

Orbit

Mayday

Mayday

Open Skies

Forced Landing

Orbit

Airship Nine