Synopsis "Night Over Water "

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett takes to the skies in this classic novel of international suspense. Set in the early days of World War II, Night over Water captures the daring and desperation of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances--in prose as compelling as history itself. . . . September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the world's most luxurious airliner--the legendary Pan Am Clipper--takes off for its final flight to neutral America. Aboard are the cream of society and the dregs of humanity, all fleeing the war for reasons of their own . . . shadowed by a danger they do not know exists . . . and heading straight into a storm of violence, intrigue, and betrayal. . . .

Ken Follett

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Ken Follett is one of the most beloved and admired authors by readers around the world, and the sales of his thirty-six books exceed one hundred and eighty-eight million copies. His first bestseller was Eye of the Needle (originally titled Storm Island), a spy thriller set during World War II. In 1989, he published The Pillars of the Earth, which reached number one on bestseller lists in many countries and has become his most popular novel. Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, and the prequel, The Evening and the Morning, were also great successes, and the saga as a whole has sold over fifty million copies worldwide. Follett lives in Hertfordshire with his wife, Barbara. Together they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labrador dogs.

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