- Hardcover: 357 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday (Aug 1 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385479441
- ISBN-13: 978-0385479448
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 612 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,398,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
A motley assemblage of travelers stranded?on plane, train or ship?by natural forces or man-made threat often provides fodder for gripping novels or movies. Nance (Blind Trust), well aware of this formula's potential, has concocted a doozy of a plot for his latest thriller. Shortly after Quantum Airlines Flight 66 departs Frankfurt, Germany, for New York, one of the passengers succumbs to an apparent heart attack. It may be, however, that Professor Ernest Helms was exposed to a doomsday virus just before boarding his flight; if so, more than 200 passengers and crew members could be dead within a matter of hours. Word of this imminent disaster leaks to governments and media organizations around the world, of course, and the jumbo jet is refused landing clearance everywhere. And when the CIA gets involved, its ambitious director schemes to have the plane destroyed by an infamous terrorist group. As the genre goes, so far, so good. But the suspense seldom mounts here, hindered by a surfeit of hyperbole ("What Erickson must be feeling is unfathomable!"), clunky writing and cliches. Though the author manages a few pulse-pounding sequences, his cardboard characters (most of the passengers are little more than props) and lame repartee keep this thriller on mundane terra firma. Still, Nance leaves the runway clear for a sequel, and fans hooked by Flight 66's dilemma can await the takeoff of #67. First serial to D magazine; major ad/promo; author tour. One-day (Sat.) giveaway at ABA.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Imagine that a man carrying the deadly Ebola virus is aboard an international aircraft that is headed for New York and full of people eager to be home for Christmas. Nance, accomplished pilot, author, and currently aviation consultant for Good Morning America, brings such a nightmare to life in this unforgettable thriller. Captain James Holland has his hands full trying to get his packed airplane safely home yet he also has to deal with a cocky young copilot and demanding passengers (including a jabbering TV evangelist and an important U.S. ambassador). These obstacles are nothing, however, compared to the pressure he faces when he's forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger dies of a heart attack, and he discovers that every country, including the U.S., is refusing him entry. It seems that the man who died had been exposed to a rare virus strain crafted by the Soviets--an omega strain with a mortality rate of 100 percent. Captain Holland is a sympathetic character; the reader detects his primal fear yet respects his commanding demeanor. A uniquely suspenseful and terrifying story; expect demand due to the book's timely topic and heavy promotion. Mary Frances Wilkens
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Listened to Book on Tape, it's awesome,
By Glenda B "highhope777@wmconnect.com" (Jackson, MS) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Pandora's Clock: Hour By Hour, The Terror Is Rising, But One Man Won't Be Denied (Mass Market Paperback)
This book was awesome. The story had me from the beginning to the end. If you are looking for a book to entertain and keep your attention from the beginning to end, this is it! I would sit in my car during lunch and almost forget to go back to work. John Nance did a great job!
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An exciting and awesome adventure,
By Linsey Cromwell (Pikesville, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: Pandora's Clock: Hour By Hour, The Terror Is Rising, But One Man Won't Be Denied (Mass Market Paperback)
I read this book for a project for school and I was afraid it would not be that interesting, but it is very interesting! I read it in a week. John Nance is a good author. I really did not want to read a book about biowarfare or airplanes but I'm glad I read this one. John Nance is a very talented writer, I had fun reading this book! If you want a good, exciting and adventurous book then read Pandora's Clock.
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Ce commentaire est de: Pandora's Clock (Audio Cassette)
John Nance, popular author of Turbulence, Headwind, and Blackout, gives an authoritative reading of his latest sky high thriller.The days before Christmas are often filled with happy anticipation. Such is the case with the passengers aboard Captain James Holland's flight from Frankfurt to New York; they're all anxious to be home for the holidays. Suddenly, a passenger keels over, apparently from a heart attack. Holland is, of course, forced to ask for clearance to make an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport. He is shocked when permission to land is denied by air traffic control with the word that the passenger is not a heart attack victim but has contracted a deadly virus, and the plane must return to Germany. But German officials refuse permission to land, as do other European fields. Fear spreads that all aboard may now be carriers of the virus, and then the unthinkable - will the plane be shot down? Another pulse pounder from Nance!
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