“T. J. Newman has the goods. Make that the greats!”
—James Patterson

“The world of airline thrillers belongs to Newman.”
Library Journal

“T. J. Newman is for real, and she’s here to stay.”
—The Real Book Spy

T.J. NEWMAN’S NEW EXPLOSIVE THRILLER WILL KEEP YOU READING ALL NIGHT LONG!

“Book Biz Shocker: Flight Attendant-Turned-Phenom Author T.J. Newman Makes Jump To Little Brown in Multimillion $ Mega Deal.”
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“Book Biz Shocker: Flight Attendant-Turned-Phenom Author T.J. Newman Makes Jump To Little Brown in Multimillion $ Mega Deal.”
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WORST CASE SCENARIO

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Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internationally bestselling author T.J. Newman is back with Worst Case Scenario.

When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa, Minnesota, which becomes ground zero for a catastrophic national crisis with global implications.

The International Nuclear Event Scale tracks nuclear disasters. It has seven levels. Level 7 is a Major Accident, with only two on record: Fukushima and Chernobyl. There has never been a Level 8. Until now.

In this heart-stopping thriller, ordinary people—power plant employees, firefighters, teachers, families, neighbors, and friends— are thrust into an extraordinary situation as they face the ultimate test of their lives. It will take the combined courage, ingenuity, and determination of a brave few to save not only their community and loved ones, but the fate of humanity at large.

August 2024 (US) Little, Brown and Company ISBN-978-0316576796

Praise for T.J.

Taut, gripping . . . A spectacular aviation thriller that readers will be relieved to know is fiction.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Drowning reads like Apollo 13  underwater.
—Don Winslow
T. J. Newman has the goods. Make that the greats!
—James Patterson
A stunningly vivid tour de force! Gripping. Shocking. Heartbreaking.
—Brad Thor
Thanks, T. J. Newman, for making me not want to fly over water EVER again! Masterful.
—Patricia Cornwell
The Poseidon Adventure meets The Martian.
—Adrian McKinty
Drowning is pure adrenaline and all heart.
—Meg Gardiner
T. J. Newman is for real, and she’s here to stay.
—The Real Book Spy
A remarkable novel with extraordinary writing, story, and characters.
—Dervla McTiernan
Hang on tight for what’s sure to become a classic summer smash hit.
—Eric Rickstad

Bio

T.J. Newman is a former bookseller and flight attendant whose first novel, Falling, became a publishing sensation and debuted at number two on the New York Times bestseller list. Her second novel, Drowning, was released in May 2023 and it too became an instant New York Times bestseller. The books were named best books of the year by USA Today, Esquire, and Amazon, among many others, and both have been published in thirty-five countries. Each will soon be major motion pictures after both sold in headline making seven-figure deals: Falling with Universal Pictures, and Drowning with Warner Brothers. T.J. lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

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