- Hardcover: 373 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday (Feb 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385490550
- ISBN-13: 978-0385490559
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,526,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A thrilling ride...[Will] keep even the most experienced thriller addicts strapped into their seats for the whole flight." --"People"
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Be prepared to be held hostage to the nail-biting suspense of a world-class thriller. High above the Rocky Mountains, a routine airline flight becomes a midair standoff as 130 passengers listen to their captain relate the unprecedented demands of an unseen hijacker. Federal and state officials must hunt down, arrest, and indict the murderer of a young girl, and do it all in eight hours--or the airplane will be blown out of the sky.
With the airline in confusion, the media pursuing, and the hijacker forcing the aircraft into wild maneuvers as they head toward Salt Lake City, the FBI reluctantly fields its closest hostage negotiator, a rookie female agent and psychologist named Katherine Bronsky. Immediately, Bronsky finds herself sucked into the vortex of an impossible war of wills between a volatile, unstable hijacker holding the trigger to a bomb and stonewalling Justice Department officials who have no real intention of meeting the lone gunman's demands.
When the hijacker suddenly refuses to land at Salt Lake City, Kat commandeers a business jet and races after the low-flying 737. As the jetliner runs low on fuel, she's stunned to discover that the man with the gun is none other than the murdered girl's father, and that one of his hostages is a front-runner to become the new Attorney General of the United States.
Successful at last in getting him to land in a remote Colorado airport, Bronsky's brave and desperate attempts to reason with the hijacker backfire, and she becomes a hostage herself. Now discounted and ignored by her superiors in Washington for losing control, Bronsky's only hope to save the passengers and crew of AirBridge Flight 90 is to solve the wrenching mystery of who killed an eleven-year-old girl in a dark Connecticut forest two years before. And for that, all she has is an airborne phone and precious few hours before the bomb detonates.
Nance ratchets up the tension with expertly crafted twists and turns that converge into an unforgettably wrenching dilemma. But one thing finally becomes clear. The only person who can safely land AirBridge Flight 90 and save its 130 passengers is dangerously close to death. And if the clock runs out, The Last Hostage will never see the light of day.
With the airline in confusion, the media pursuing, and the hijacker forcing the aircraft into wild maneuvers as they head toward Salt Lake City, the FBI reluctantly fields its closest hostage negotiator, a rookie female agent and psychologist named Katherine Bronsky. Immediately, Bronsky finds herself sucked into the vortex of an impossible war of wills between a volatile, unstable hijacker holding the trigger to a bomb and stonewalling Justice Department officials who have no real intention of meeting the lone gunman's demands.
When the hijacker suddenly refuses to land at Salt Lake City, Kat commandeers a business jet and races after the low-flying 737. As the jetliner runs low on fuel, she's stunned to discover that the man with the gun is none other than the murdered girl's father, and that one of his hostages is a front-runner to become the new Attorney General of the United States.
Successful at last in getting him to land in a remote Colorado airport, Bronsky's brave and desperate attempts to reason with the hijacker backfire, and she becomes a hostage herself. Now discounted and ignored by her superiors in Washington for losing control, Bronsky's only hope to save the passengers and crew of AirBridge Flight 90 is to solve the wrenching mystery of who killed an eleven-year-old girl in a dark Connecticut forest two years before. And for that, all she has is an airborne phone and precious few hours before the bomb detonates.
Nance ratchets up the tension with expertly crafted twists and turns that converge into an unforgettably wrenching dilemma. But one thing finally becomes clear. The only person who can safely land AirBridge Flight 90 and save its 130 passengers is dangerously close to death. And if the clock runs out, The Last Hostage will never see the light of day.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A first class thriller, although let down by a not too convincing ending, this book certainly managed to get even a hardened old veteran of the thriller scene like me going. The characteristaion is thin. Agent Bronsky is Clarice Starling in another city but Ken Wolfe, the pilot, is all too convincing as the pilot on the edge of a breakdown. The aeronautics involved in the story may seem far-fetched, if only. The author is an ex-full time pilot, and that adds an all to convincing ring of truth to the story. Palm sweating tension whilst in the air the need to tidy the story up means the ending is just a little too neat. Otherwise, a good read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Most of John J Nance's book instantly grip but sometimes run out of steam a little before the end. This is the exact opposite- I wasn't totally convinced by the premise of a pilot hijacking his own aircraft. Certain parts of the plot (which I won't spoil) initially seemed pretty stupid & unlikely, but its worth keeping at it as the story improves markedly after the first few chapters.
The main character, Kat Bronsky is much more convincing than most of the 1-dimensional "heroes" found in techno-thrillers. She's not unlike Clarice Starling (Silence of the lambs) is is far more likeable & convincing, that say Jack Ryan. The other characters, especially pilot Ken Wolfe & the chief flight attendant get enough space to develop as characters which helps to make this book significantly better than average.
Nance is a bit too fond of shady CIA cover-ups... fortunately there is little of this here. If there's one criticism I can make its a slight abscence of danger. In many of his other works (all aircraft based) there is a very real sense that the plane could crash at any moment. This is lacking here & does make the book slightly less "edge of the chair" than some other novels. That said I would still thoroughly recommend this. Kat Bronsky reappears in the equally good "Blackout"... this one should be read first though.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was once again suprised with the great story that this book held.
It has a great storyline with a frustated pilot who 's daughter has been murdered. When he's about to take off he hears that the DA who made a mess of his daughters murder case is on board. As of this moment the story gets more and more exciting where you actualy feel like you're in the cockpit too. A great read well worth every penny
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the last hostage
this book was a real good read exciting air line drama could not put it down ideal holiday reading as god as his other book pandora clock
Published 9 months ago by kathleen allcock
excellant which is typical of john j nance
he always does great research which reflects in the reading as with all his books.If he is as good a pilot as he is an author he has nothing to fear. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2002 by john richard justice
could not put this book down.
This book was easy to read and you found yourslf desperately not wanting to put it down.The story filled you with differant emotions from one moment to the next. Read more
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