From page one, we know how a pair of heavily armed hijackers boarded Airmex's Flight 246, but we don't know who they are. Where do they intend to go with the twin turboprop aircraft, its nine passengers and three crew members? And why was this domestic Mexican airline the target?
When they force the crew to land at a remote desert strip—in a violent storm—and escape with two of the crew as hostages, more disturbing questions arise: Did Captain Bud McGuire know the hijackers? What about flight attendant Esperanza Martin? Impossible—but then why haven't they, or their bodies, been found? First Officer Peter Vogel returns to his girlfriend in El Paso, to find federal agents watching their house. He refuses to accept the FBI's suspicions, even as more evidence emerges to shake Peter's confidence in his friend McGuire and the gorgeous Esperanza.
"The dramatic conclusion is as surprising and satisfying as one hopes for in a thriller with (alphabetically) blackmail, hijacking, in-air collision, kidnapping, a love triangle, murder, narco-smuggling, and the violence of Mother Nature herself."