When the engine of a 737 tears itself apart at Los Angeles Airport, Tom Patrick is in the wrong place at the wrong time -- playing poker at a nearby casino.He#146;s been losing at cards and probing pipeline leaks ever since his big mouth led to his fall from grace as the National Transportation Safety Board#146;s top air-crash investigator. Now he can#146;t wait to come in from the cold. Sidelined by the official investigation, Tom starts to dig anyway. And when another 737 crashes for what looks like similar reasons, it#146;s clear that something could be terribly wrong with the world#146;s most popular passenger jet. Risking everything, Tom Patrick sets out on a global paperchase, racing against time and ruthless killers -- before planes and people start falling out of the sky like bloody confetti. BRACE YOURSELF FOR HIGH OCTANE, HIGH RISK. HIGH ROLLERS.