Germany's king of the thriller takes to the skies with a terrifying and twisted new novel. You've checked the statistics, and you know your fear is irrational. Flying is nineteen times safer than driving. Irrational, perhaps. But you're not mistaken. Mats Kruger is afraid to fly. But his daughter, Nele, is about to give birth to his first grandchild, so he's taking a chance and flying from Buenos Aires to Berlin for the first time. He has, of course, taken precautions. He's purchased the five statistically safest seats on the plane, as well as seat 7A, the location where you're most likely to die in a plane crash, so no one can sit there. Simply in case.