In “Flight Plan” the third short novel in the “Deconstruction” series which creatively intertwines four different stories involving a disaster of apocalyptic proportions, opens with MJ the Deputy Director of the DIA who’s an integral part of the Mayflower project escaping after her plane crashes into the freezing Hudson River in a violent storm. Struggling to survive a cross-country journey home to her husband and son she’s certain that their fate like hers depends on reaching the Mayflower before time runs out for humanity.
Set in a futuristic America the Neilman Effect has begun to take the world by storm as society breaks apart. Having worked in secrecy for five years planning mankind’s survival, MJ is caught up in the disaster that leaves her stranded and searching for a way home. Fast-paced the action never slows as MJ faces a crumbling society shattered by earthquakes, the destruction of cities, looting, a sexual assault, mobs and a militia attack. Intensity and suspense escalate when after a harrowing experience she arrives home only to have to battle the elements and a threatening mob as she, her family, her colleagues and their military escort labour to reach the Mayflower before it departs.
Well-developed the plot flows smoothly with lots of bumps in the survivors’ progress that keeps the reader riveted to every page. As tension mounts with death always close, an internal conspiracy arises that has MJ fighting against her superiors' hidden agenda. All too quickly the third book in this emotionally gripping series draws to a close in a cliff-hanger that keeps you looking for the next book.
Tough, resilient forty-five MJ Buchannan working on a secret government project is only one of a host of compelling characters that infuse this story with strength, passion and excitement. Working in secret has forced her to live a life of lies with her loving, considerate husband Toby and her twelve-year-old son Grayson which changes all too quickly when they begin an adventure that has all three fighting to survive.
I thoroughly enjoyed “Flight Plan” the third in an apocalyptic adventure that gets better with every new story.