Flight of Dreams
The HEART-WRENCHING Novel From the BESTSELLING Author of THE FROZEN RIVER
by Ariel Lawhon
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Pub Date Jun 19 2025 | Archive Date Not set
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Description
'At every page Lawhon keeps us guessing' The New York Times
‘A fascinating blend of love and murder, big dreams and betrayal, history and pure imagination – I could not put it down’ Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants
‘A writer to watch’ J.T. Ellison, author of What Lies Behind
A SUSPENSEFUL, HEART-WRENCHING NOVEL BASED ON A TRUE STORY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FROZEN RIVER
On the evening of May 3rd, 1937, ninety-seven people board the Hindenburg for its final, doomed flight. Among them are a frightened stewardess who is not what she seems; the steadfast navigator determined to win her heart; a naive cabin boy eager to earn a permanent position; an impetuous journalist who has been blacklisted in her native Germany; and an enigmatic American businessman with a score to settle. Over the course of three champagne-soaked days, their lies, fears, agendas, and hopes for the future will be revealed - and one in their party will set a plot in motion that will have devastating consequences for them all.
Flight of Dreams is a fiercely intimate portrait of the real people on board the last flight of the Hindenburg. Behind them is the gathering storm in Europe and before them is looming disaster. But for the moment they float over the Atlantic, unaware of the inexorable, tragic fate that awaits them.
Brilliantly exploring one of the most enduring mysteries of the twentieth century, Flight of Dreams is that rare novel with spellbinding plotting that keeps you guessing till the last page and breathtaking emotional intensity that stays with you long after.
FIVE STAR RAVE READER REVIEWS
'Delightful, insightful, SUSPENSEFUL and also horrific'
'A poignant and ENTHRALLING tale based on the world famous Hindenburg disaster ... ADDICTIVE'
'The prose is wonderful, the details are rich, and THE PULL OF THE PAST is on every page'
'Really STELLAR. Suspenseful, tightly plotted, and racheting its way to a MERCILESS climax ... A TERRIFIC read'
'With Lawhon’s gift for writing memorable characters, sharp dialogue, and enthralling suspense, FLIGHT OF DREAMS becomes an UNPUTDOWNABLE EPIC TRAGEDY'
'A true gem of historical fiction'
Advance Praise
'We are introduced to a carousel of suspicious characters . . . so as the zeppelin cruises serenely through the clouds, the earthbound reader ricochets from distrust to uncertainty to outright foreboding. At every page a guilty secret bobs up; at every page Lawhon keeps us guessing. Who will bring down the Hindenburg? And how?' - The New York Times Book Review
'A fascinating blend of love and murder, big dreams and betrayal, history and pure imagination - I could not put it down' - Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants
'Mystery, romance - it is all here, told in a mesmerizing tale' - Kate Alcott, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmaker
'A magnificent, tour-de-force story, Flight of Dreams will break your heart and satisfy every conspiracy theorist who's wondered what really happened to the Hindenburg. Simply spectacular ... Lawhon has written the book of the year. She's a writer to watch - now, and for many years to come' - J.T. Ellison, author of What Lies Behind
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781800755710 |
| PRICE | £5.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 321 |
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 1491639
this book was so well written. it was a story . but also felt like it could be a real life diary or conversations with people who knew what happened or where there. even the people that made it all happen didn't seem far away from the writing. it was so detailed and the scene setting really bought you on board. you a in those rich details and feeling so much. was it impending doom as an outsider knowing whats coming? is it being able to take a step back and also seeing what this whole span of time encompassed, the war, and that fear we can all still feel from that time. and then there is like i said just this very well written story. so you get immersed and involved like you do on any other piece of fiction, but with this book, being based on any other real life time there is that next level layer of something very real. and the things that occurred during this time where very real indeed.
i love how you could be suspicious of many people. and also you read into things- was this it? them? but then you are also reminded that on any given day people all around us have 'things' going on. you, me we might all be carrying weights, secrets and dreams. and noone around us might know of these nor what we could be going through. and of course sadly all around us there are dark people, planning dark things. so on this fateful trip, with all these people, is anyone ever not hiding something from those around them? and so with Ariel's writing we get to meet and know a bit more about a handful of people. and we are bought right into the event in a more personal level and therefore you become even more invested in the story and invested into what happens next. and then we are hooked right there until the end waiting to see how this will end.
