First published 2002
John Valentine is a businessman on a routine flight. But when he looks out the window, he sees a horrifying sight: a monstrous creature tearing at the plane's wing. Trapped in the air, John must confront his own fears and a deadly threat that could bring the plane crashing down. With the flight in peril and his sanity unraveling, John faces a nightmare from which there may be no escape.
Genres: fiction, suspense, horror, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: man-vs-nature, unreliable-narrator
Setting: 20,000 Feet
Period: 20th-Century
336 pages · Hardcover · Tor Books
Content warnings: anxiety, violence