Before the Fall

　　好萊塢製作人、名導Noah Hawley最新驚悚小說，一樁失控的墜機案，竟引發一連串祕密悲劇與陰謀。

　　一個起霧的夏夜，11個人登上一架小型私人飛機，準備前往紐約。但起飛後16分鐘，飛機突然墜入大海。唯一的倖存者是畫家史考特以及一個四歲男童，而這男童竟是一個非常富裕的媒體大亨家族唯一傳人。

　　墜機後的故事發展與這些罹難者的背景交錯展開，機上成員包括華爾街鉅富以及妻子、愛玩樂的德州男孩、對人生充滿不信任的年輕女人，以及一個職業飛行員，這些人的背景，讓這樁悲劇謎上加謎。

　　這麼多有權力的人同時喪生，究竟是巧合，還是背後有什麼陰謀運作？隨著機上乘客的背景解密，所有奇怪的事情都指向同一個陰謀。事件在失控的媒體炒作下快速延燒，所有人急著在殘骸中打撈事情真相。而在這一連串事件發展中，史考特與小男孩之間脆弱的關係，卻開始滋長。

　　New York Times Bestseller

　　From the Emmy, PEN, Peabody, Critics' Choice, and Golden Globe Award-winning creator of the TV show Fargo comes the thriller of the year.

　　On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are Scott Burroughs--the painter--and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family.

　　With chapters weaving between the aftermath of the crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members--including a Wall Street titan and his wife, a Texan-born party boy just in from London, a young woman questioning her path in life, and a career pilot--the mystery surrounding the tragedy heightens. As the passengers' intrigues unravel, odd coincidences point to a conspiracy. Was it merely by dumb chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something far more sinister at work? Events soon threaten to spiral out of control in an escalating storm of media outrage and accusations. And while Scott struggles to cope with fame that borders on notoriety, the authorities scramble to salvage the truth from the wreckage.

　　Amid pulse-quickening suspense, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, human nature, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.

作者簡介

　　Noah Hawley is an Emmy, Golden Globe, PEN, Critics' Choice, and Peabody Award-winning author, screenwriter, and producer. He has published four novels and penned the script for the feature film Lies and Alibis. He created, executive produced, and served as showrunner for ABC's My Generation and The Unusuals and was a writer and producer on the hit series Bones. Hawley is currently executive producer, writer, and showrunner on FX's award-winning series, Fargo.