“Reads like Apollo 13 underwater.”
—Don Winslow

“The Poseidon Adventure meets The Martian.”
—Adrian McKinty

“Drowning is pure adrenaline and all heart.”
—Meg Gardiner

COMING MAY 30TH! NEWMAN’S NEW EXPLOSIVE THRILLER WILL KEEP YOU READING ALL NIGHT LONG!
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“Reads like Apollo 13 underwater.”
—Don Winslow

Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421

Coming May 30th

Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors—but it’s too late. The plane sinks to the bottom with twelve passengers trapped inside.

More than two hundred feet below the surface, engineer Will Kent and his eleven-year-old daughter Shannon are waist-deep in water and fighting for their lives.

Their only chance at survival is an elite rescue team on the surface led by professional diver Chris Kent—Shannon’s mother and Will’s soon-to-be ex-wife—who must work together with Will to find a way to save their daughter and rescue the passengers from the sealed airplane, which is now teetering on the edge of an undersea cliff.

There’s not much time.

There’s even less air.

With devastating emotional power and heart-stopping suspense, Drowning is an unforgettable thriller about a family’s desperate fight to save themselves and the people trapped with them—against impossible odds.

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May 2023 (US) Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 9781982177911  |  June 2023 (UK) Simon & Schuster UK ISBN-13: 9781398507661

Drowning reads like Apollo 13  underwater.
—Don Winslow
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
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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. The book was named a best book of the year by USA Today, Esquire, and Amazon, among many others, and has been published in more than thirty countries. The book will soon be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures. T.J. lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Drowning is her second novel.

Press Interviews

USA Today
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
AZ Central
The Guardian
ABC News
CrimeReads
Writer’s Digest
Writers, Ink Podcast
Shelf Awareness Q&A
Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf
Bidding War for Flight Attendant’s 1st Thriller
Universal Pictures wins!

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Tamron Hall Show
CBS This Morning Saturday with Jeff Glor
TMZ

Photo Credit: Melissa Young
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The Falling tour is over but check back for future events as they are scheduled.

Full praise for Drowning

“Stunning, emotional, and unforgettable. Drowning reads like Apollo 13 underwater.”
—Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of City on Fire and The Border
“Drowning is The Poseidon Adventure meets The Martian. It is another can’t-put-down, edge-of-your-seat thriller from T. J. Newman, one of our most exciting new authors.”
—Adrian McKinty, New York Times bestselling author of The Chain and The Island
“Drowning is pure adrenaline and all heart. Gripping, relentless, effortlessly assured, T. J. Newman’s thriller is tense and moving. You’ll be grabbed from page one as the crew and passengers of a downed airliner fight for survival and rescuers race to reach them. Drowning is an incredible ride—strap in, brace, and remember to breathe.”
—Meg Gardiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Riveting . . . T. J. Newman is back with another blockbuster, proving that Falling, her lights-out debut, was no fluke, but just the beginning of what should be a long, stellar career. . . . Drowning is the book that everyone will be talking about in 2023. . . . Each page is dripping with a plethora of emotions—ranging from fear to claustrophobia—all of them palpable and real, creating a reading experience that is truly unlike anything else in print today. And as you experience that rising crescendo of tension and suspense, two things become crystal clear: T. J. Newman is for real, and she’s here to stay.”
—The Real Book Spy

“Drowning by T. J. Newman is a remarkable novel with extraordinary writing, story, and characters. T. J. Newman is a gifted writer and I stayed up all night reading it.”
—Dervla McTiernan, #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule

“Drowning is a full-throttle adrenaline rush, a relentless, full-speed thriller that will keep you riveted and breathless. Hang on tight for what’s sure to become a classic summer smash hit.”
—Eric Rickstad, New York Times bestselling author and author of I Am Not Who You Think I Am