On January 6, 1980, an H-14 jet aircraft - Simison Air International’s flight 346 - crashes during take off in Indianapolis. No survivors. 226 dead.
Ten days later, another H-14 takes off at 10.32am. At 11.35am, an explosion is reported in West Virginia. At 12.47pm, the burning wreckage is positively identified as Air Force Three. None of the members of congress on board survived.
Gabe Treptow is chosen to succeed his brother Chet as senator, but he’s not convinced the crash that killed Chet was accidental. Eyewitnesses report the planes exploding in mid-air, completely at odds with the FAA’s final report. Something’s not adding up. Especially when the eyewitnesses' stories suddenly all change drastically.
Suspicious, Gabe uses his new authority to dig deeper into the case, but quickly meets resistance. He’s determined to find out how his brother died – and nothing will stop him…
The author of such novels as The Killing Season and the best-selling The Domino Principle, Adam Kennedy also wrote screenplays and teleplays and occasionally worked as an actor in films, television, and on-stage. He made his feature film debut in The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) and made most of his movie appearances during the rest of the '50s. He wrote his first film screenplay for The Dove in 1975. On television, Kennedy appeared on Playhouse 90 and Gunsmoke. He was also a regular on the series The Californian and The Doctors.