448 pages
English language
Published April 6, 2004 by NAL Trade.
On a bright September morning in 1939, two days after Britain declares war on Germany, a group of privileged but desperate people gather in Southhampton to board the largest, most luxurious airliner ever built, the Pan American Clipper bound for New York.
A great disappointment. I love some of his other work. I give three stars because of the material about the flight and the flying boat, the characters, plot and narrative I felt were not worthy of his ability.
My first Ken Follett book. It turned out to be extremely less suspenseful than the description led me to believe. Lots of deep character development. Much different sort of book than I am used to. It was ok but by no means one that kept me riveted to the story. I didn't think all the extremely descriptive sex scenes added to the plot of the book either but many others have already commented on that and apparently that is part of his writing style.
