Departure

Departure
A. G. Riddle

From the author of THE ORIGIN MYSTERY – the trilogy with ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD. En route from London to New York, Flight 305 suddenly loses power and crash-lands in the English countryside, plunging a group of strangers into a mysterious adventure that will have repercussions for all of humankind.Struggling to stay alive, the survivors soon realize that the world they’ve crashed in is very different from the one they left. But where are they? Why are they here? And how will they get back home?Five passengers seem to hold clues about what’s really going on: writer Harper Lane, venture capitalist Nick Stone, German genetic researcher Sabrina Shröeder, computer scientist Yul Tan, and Grayson Shaw, the son of a billionaire philanthropist.As more facts about the crash emerge, it becomes clear that some in this group know more than they’re letting on – answers that will lead Harper and Nick to uncover a far-reaching conspiracy involving their own lives. As they begin to piece together the truth, they discover they have the power to change the future and the past – to save our world . . . or end it.

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Source ISBN: 9780008156862

Ebook Edition © October 2015 ISBN: 9780008156886

Version: 2015-09-25

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For those stubborn enough to dream

Contents

Cover (#ue61a69d5-16ca-5eee-b0c4-fbab7f320e05)

Title Page (#u89ef6e73-4643-5acc-b2dd-b484be2793d3)

Copyright (#u1c10808f-56b8-568a-b1a1-5f3f750b7ad8)

Dedication (#ue38001b1-78d6-5e78-b19d-4ae3c155f631)

Part One: Survivors (#uab9d7db3-8927-53d5-8f3c-074303a26ba1)

Chapter One: Harper (#u92bf197c-bd35-5048-b94e-6ee4b719f835)

Chapter Two: Nick (#u8b9b28cf-be0e-5d36-a823-63e62652d852)

Chapter Three: Nick (#uc817921c-8892-5632-ab14-e0b236bb971d)

Chapter Four: Harper (#ub90aebb9-19a1-5e32-a9a4-becba5507525)

Chapter Five: Harper (#u77701079-b203-57a9-a26c-fbfc4e659b4d)

Chapter Six: Nick (#u9f561f8c-e956-5b49-9a34-7dc92b8b76f9)

Chapter Seven: Nick (#u6c19473a-0f40-517c-a596-dd661fa7559d)

Chapter Eight: Harper (#ue54dd825-f58f-5c65-a55d-682183d4d04f)

Chapter Nine: Harper (#ua8bbc3a3-1f87-5813-a5f8-409c54244a83)

Chapter Ten: Nick (#ub22473ac-8cba-59aa-b255-cd77434e2e27)

Chapter Eleven: Nick (#u358e2911-94d3-5f85-a03c-b9968a94d7b1)

Chapter Twelve: Harper (#u94555557-9b28-5f23-bda0-4cfe94eea646)

Chapter Thirteen: Harper (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: Harper (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: Nick (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: Nick (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: Nick (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two: Titans (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: Harper (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: Harper (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: Harper (#litres_trial_promo)