Judgment at 30,000 Feet

High-stakes airborne confrontation with a vengeful ex.

Captain Arthur Vance battles a savage thunderstorm with only eight minutes of fuel remaining, desperate for a place to set down. The voice answering his mayday belongs to the woman he abandoned at the altar five years ago, and she commands every usable strip. She refuses clearance for the three hundred twenty-seven souls on board unless he confesses his betrayal over the cabin address system and strikes himself one hundred times. He manages to land the aircraft anyway.

• revenge
• karma payback
• feel-good
• urban life