A taut and confronting novel that propels us into the chaos of terror and the cruelty - and unexpected hope - of survival. Lowell tries not to think about the past, about the hijacking that killed his mother. Samantha, on the other hand, cannot let the past go. As a child she survived the hijacking of Air France 064, and as an adult she obsessively digs for answers. Specifically, she wants to f…