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In 1937, ninety-seven people board the Hindenburg, the world´s largest airship and symbol of Hitler´s rising power. During three champagne-soaked days these passangers´ lies, fears, and hopes will be revealed ... as will the secret plot that threatens to destroy them all. A compelling work that takes one of the past´s great mysteries and spins it into a story of mystery, romance, and murder.

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From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia, here is a suspenseful, heart-wrenching novel that brings the fateful voyage of the Hindenburg to life.

On the evening of May 3rd, 1937, ninety-seven people board the Hindenburg for its final, doomed flight. Among them are a frightened stewardess who is not what she seems; the steadfast navigator determined to win her heart; a naive cabin boy eager to earn a permanent position; an impetuous journalist who has been blacklisted in her native Germany; and an enigmatic American businessman with a score to settle.

Over the course of three champagne-soaked days, their lies, fears, agendas, and hopes for the future will be revealed-and one in their party will set a plot in motion that will have devastating consequences for them all.

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"An enthralling nail-biter." -People

"We are introduced to a carousel of suspicious characters . . . so as the zeppelin cruises serenely through the clouds, the earthbound reader ricochets from distrust to uncertainty to outright foreboding. At every page a guilty secret bobs up; at every page Lawhon keeps us guessing. Who will bring down the Hindenburg? And how?" -The New York Times Book Review

"A fascinating blend of love and murder, big dreams and betrayal, history and pure imagination-I could not put it down." -Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants

"An Agatha Christie-style page-turner. . . . Suspenseful and fun." -Kirkus Reviews

"Rich with historical detail and spiked with plenty of surprises." -Shelf Awareness

"Mystery, romance-it is all here, told in a mesmerizing tale." -Kate Alcott, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmaker

"Flight of Dreams may be viewed as a Titanic of the skies. Lawhon´s novel, however, needs no such comparison. It has ample emotional fuel to sail on its own, even knowing its spectacular end." -Associated Press

"A magnificent, tour-de-force story, Flight of Dreams will break your heart and satisfy every conspiracy theorist who´s wondered what really happened to the Hindenburg. Simply spectacular. . . . Lawhon has written the book of the year. She´s a writer to watch-now, and for many years to come." -J.T. Ellison, author of What Lies Behind

"Difficult to put down." -BookPage

"A spectacular page-turner of class and distinction. Intricately plotted and deftly characterized, this beautifully written novel is wonderfully satisfying-historical fiction at its best." -Alex George, author of A Good American

"It´s a sign of an extremely talented writer who can take a story that´s been told before and tell it in a completely new imaginative way that is so compelling and exciting."
-Charles Belfoure, author of The Paris Architect

"[A] wonderfully suspenseful, heart-wrenching account. . . . [Lawhon´s] vision for the journey and the cause of the explosion is masterful." -The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA)

"Historical fiction at its best." -Acadian Lifestyle Magazine

"Lawhon once again reimagines a front-page news event, filling in the entertaining backstory with passion, secrets, and nail-biting suspense." -Publishers Weekly

"The clever banter, elaborate plot twists, and period detail will be appreciated by lovers of historical fiction. Readers of Melanie Benjamin´s The Aviator´s Wife or Nancy Horan´s Under the Wide and Starry Sky should find this entertaining." -Library Journal

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