NEW Book: 'Silent Skies'
Dark Secrets, Betrayal and a Cover-Up in the French Alps
Fast-paced and gripping, this book will have you on the edge of your seat and not let you go until you have read the very last word!
The novel centres on the crash of a passenger plane in the French Alps. Within hours, an official narrative develops: the co-pilot deliberately crashed the plane.
The media, the judiciary, and politicians readily adopt this interpretation, and the international public finds its culprit.
When a plane belonging to the German airline Germanair crashes in the French Alps, 150 people die.
Sophie Thalberg, a journalist in Berlin, loses her partner, Alexander, in the crash. The double burden—private loss and public blame—drives her into an existential conflict. Her struggle for Alexander, whom she knew as a person, and the image the public paints of him, forms the emotional heart of the novel.
SILENT SKIES is a breathtaking, spellbinding investigative thriller about the ultimate price of a cover-up: 150 human lives.
For Sophie Thalberg, a Berlin journalist and the co-pilot's former partner, the picture drawn by investigators and the media, who quickly presented a seemingly clear explanation: that the co-pilot was the culprit who deliberately crashed the plane, doesn't make sense.
She begins her own research and discovers evidence that points to a deliberate cover-up. The further she digs, the clearer it becomes:
The problem wasn't her ex-boyfriend, but a system that needs someone to blame - no matter what the cost.
Together with Till Gorny, a security consultant with a military background, she follows the trail behind the official narrative: missing data, manipulated evidence, political interests, orchestrated lies.
What they discover leads far beyond the crash – deep into a system that shapes and destroys truth as it serves its purpose.
Silent Skies is a literary political thriller about love and loss, about truth and lies – and about how much courage it takes when the whole world believes a story that isn't true. More
Who is Sam Thorne?
Sam Thorne – one name, two possibilities. Author or authoress? Decide for yourself.
Thorne's language is clear, precise, often sharpened by journalistic precision—and at the same time, condensed by literary nuance when dealing with grief and memory. Dialogues are pointed, and depictions of milieus are atmospherically dense. Particularly impressive is the balance between attention to detail (flight technology, investigative procedures, media mechanisms) and emotional depth.
The novel shifts perspectives: from the mountains of France to Berlin editorial offices to international centres of power. This polyphony gives Silent Skies a breadth reminiscent of investigative journalism, yet simultaneously transformed into literary form.
Highly recommended - this exciting thriller is available in paperback and eBook formats from September 15th.
The (print-on-demand) book and eBook can be purchased from the following retailers in German and English:
(The audiobook is in preparation)
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