"Fascinating and furiously paced...unrelenting suspense." - New York Times Book Review

"[Demille is] a true master." - Dan Brown, #1 bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code

Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, a missile strikes a jumbo passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, three survivors must achieve the impossible: Land the plane.

From master storyteller Nelson DeMille and master pilot Thomas Block comes Mayday - the classic bestseller that packs a supersonic shock at every turn of the page.