Worst Case Scenario: A Novel

Name: Worst Case Scenario: A Novel
Rating: 4.599999904632568 (5 reviews)

T.J. Newman

Aug 2024 · Sold by Little, Brown

5 reviews

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When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa, Minnesota—which becomes ground zero for a catastrophic national crisis with global implications.

The International Nuclear Event Scale tracks nuclear disasters. It has seven levels. Level 7 is a Major Accident, with only two on record: Fukushima and Chernobyl. There has never been a Level 8. Until now.

In this heart-stopping thriller, ordinary people—power plant employees, firefighters, teachers, families, neighbors, and friends—are thrust into an extraordinary situation as they face the ultimate test of their lives. It will take the combined courage, ingenuity, and determination of a brave few to save not only their community and loved ones, but the fate of humanity at large.

#1 internationally bestselling author T.J. Newman is back with Worst Case Scenario, following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning.

“Worst Case Scenario is the best thriller I’ve read so far this year. A jetliner crashes in the worst possible location—and I mean the worst—the site of a nuclear plant. It’s a chilling idea with great characters and near-perfect execution.” —James Patterson

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5 reviews

Goobler Fumperdink

August 8, 2026

I haven't read a single bit of this book, hell I don't have a physically copy of it and I didn't buy it on here. I haven't even read the first word of this book. This book could be terrible, I have no clue I don't own it. I can't tell you how clueless I am about this book, and how much of it I haven't read.

Yvonne D

September 11, 2026

What a great read! it was hard to put down so I read it in a couple of days. Many moments made me cry but others made me smile. A testament to the resilience, bravery and compassion of first responders and their families. To read it now is fitting considering today is the 25th anniversary of 9-11.

About the author

T.J. Newman is a former bookseller and flight attendant whose first novel, Falling, became a publishing sensation and debuted at number two on the New York Times bestseller list. The book was named a best book of the year by USA Today, Esquire, and Amazon, among many others, and has been published in more than thirty countries. The book will soon be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures. T.J. lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Her second novel, Drowning, was released in May 2023 and became an instant New York Times bestseller.

T.J. Newman is a former bookseller and flight attendant whose first novel, Falling, became a publishing sensation and debuted at number two on the New York Times bestseller list. The book was named a best book of the year by USA Today, Esquire, and Amazon, among many others, and has been publishe...

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