Flight Into Danger
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At 30,000 feet, with no warning and no margin for error, an ordinary passenger flight becomes a desperate race against death — this is the breathless premise of Flight into Danger, the gripping novel of suspense co-authored by John Castle and Arthur Hailey. When the crew of a commercial airliner is suddenly incapacitated, a reluctant passenger with a wartime flying background is thrust into the cockpit, tasked with landing a plane he barely knows, carrying hundreds of lives that depend on his every decision. The novel chronicles a nail-biting countdown with relentless pacing, placing ordinary men and women under extraordinary pressure and exposing the razor-thin line between survival and catastrophe. Rooted in the post-war anxiety of the jet age, Flight into Danger illustrates the era's twin fascinations: the miracle of modern aviation and its terrifying potential for disaster. Arthur Hailey — who would later cement his reputation with sweeping industrial novels like Airport and Hotel — co-wrote this early work with John Castle, and the hallmarks of his craft are already unmistakable: meticulous technical research, authentic procedural detail, and an instinct for human drama under duress. The result is a taut, propulsive thriller that launched one of fiction's most celebrated careers and leaves the reader gripping the armrest, wondering whether anyone on board will live to see the runway.
Author: John Castle & Arthur Hailey
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd., Sydney
Genre: Thriller
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At 30,000 feet, with no warning and no margin for error, an ordinary passenger flight becomes a desperate race against death — this is the breathless premise of Flight into Danger, the gripping novel of suspense co-authored by John Castle and Arthur Hailey. When the crew of a commercial airliner is suddenly incapacitated, a reluctant passenger with a wartime flying background is thrust into the cockpit, tasked with landing a plane he barely knows, carrying hundreds of lives that depend on his every decision. The novel chronicles a nail-biting countdown with relentless pacing, placing ordinary men and women under extraordinary pressure and exposing the razor-thin line between survival and catastrophe. Rooted in the post-war anxiety of the jet age, Flight into Danger illustrates the era's twin fascinations: the miracle of modern aviation and its terrifying potential for disaster. Arthur Hailey — who would later cement his reputation with sweeping industrial novels like Airport and Hotel — co-wrote this early work with John Castle, and the hallmarks of his craft are already unmistakable: meticulous technical research, authentic procedural detail, and an instinct for human drama under duress. The result is a taut, propulsive thriller that launched one of fiction's most celebrated careers and leaves the reader gripping the armrest, wondering whether anyone on board will live to see the runway.