Coastal Airways scheduled flight 416, route Los Angeles - New York, one hundred and fifty souls on board. Upon takeoff, crew commander Bill Hoffman learns that his entire family has been kidnapped by a terrorist who sets simple conditions: either Bill crashes the plane or his family will be killed. The flight crew has hours to prevent disaster—and no guarantee of success. Former flight attendant T.J. Newman worked for American Airlines for ten years. She made the first drafts of her debut novel, “The Fall,” on napkins during night flights while passengers slept, and made the final edits during the coronavirus pandemic, when planes stopped flying. Her fast-paced techno-thriller combines a sincere love of aviation with the ability to keep the reader on the edge of their seats every minute.