Turbulence

By Brian Merklin

Wilkins has always suffered from mild flight anxiety, but he's always been able to cope. When a long-time acquaintance and pilot offers transport home from a business trip, Wilkins learns what terror at 20,000 feet is REALLY like as old deceptions and the very real threat of the elements combine. A work of short suspense from our Fingerprints line.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Untreed Reads
• Release date: Apr 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9781611870985

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Turbulence

By Brian Merklin

Copyright 2011 by Brian Merklin

Cover Copyright 2011 by Dara England and Untreed Reads Publishing

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Turbulence

By Brian Merklin

Jesus Christ, Wilkins thought. Oh, Jesus Christ I’m never flying again.

He glanced over at Cullen who was jotting something in what looked like a log book. The pilot’s hands weren’t even on the wheel.

The plane lurched and Wilkins felt his stomach drop down to his feet.

Cullen’s face remained buried in the log.

Shouldn’t you have your hands on the wheel?

He couldn’t even hear his own voice. Confusion wrinkled his brow for a moment, then he remembered Cullen’s briefing.

It’s called VOX, he’d said. "We keep it turned a little bit low; otherwise, it would pick up your breathing and be on all the time. So remember to speak up so it