Departure by A.G. Riddle

HarperVoyager, 2015

ISBN-13: 978-0062431660

Available: Used hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, Audible edition

Flight 305 from New York to London crashes in the English countryside, with half the plane in an icy lake. The survivors assemble to help save those they can and help everyone stay alive. Writer Harper Lane and venture capitalist Nick Stone are the protagonists, easy to root for as they seek to unravel the mystery into which they have been thrust. As passengers begin to fall ill to a deadly virus, it becomes clear that genetics expert Sabrina Schroeder and computer whiz Yul Tan, also passengers from Flight 305, are hiding something.

When Nick and a team venture out to find help, they discover they have crashed into a different time, years into the future.

That’s when the horror starts and the twists begin. What ensues makes this thriller one of the best reads of the year, and it has already been set into production by 20th  Century Fox for the following year. Recommended.

Reviewed by Dave Simms