Code Black

A terrible blizzard, a grisly accident, a mid-air collision, and that’s only the beginning…

Minnesota Book Award Finalist - January 2008

“In CODE BLACK Philip Donlay firmly establishes himself as a writer of great thrillers. The first hundred pages are breathtaking. His knowledge of aviation is incredible. CODE BLACK is even better than CATEGORY FIVE. A real winner.”
— Steve Thayer, author of The Weatherman and Wolf Pass

“I loved it! Put this book at the very top of your reading list!” - –Brian Haig, author of Private Sector and The President's Assassin

“A rip-roaring aerial adventure!"”–Richard Drury, author of My Secret War and Flightlines

“Plenty of intrigue, suspense, in-fighting, back-biting, hidden agendas and derring-do to keep you turning the pages well into the night. “ -Pat Frovarp and Gary Schulze, proprietors of Once Upon A Crime bookstore

Crippled by a high altitude crash, Wayfarer flight 880, half the roof ripped away, flies on in the evening sky. Seated in the back, amid dead and dying passengers, pilot Donovan Nash fights decompression and oxygen deprivation to make it to the shattered cockpit. With no power, no instruments, and time running out, Nash must land a plane he’s never flown…On the ground, his fiancée, Dr. Lauren McKenna must convince Henry Parrish, an unlikely ally, to help her save the man she loves. Together, Lauren and Henry have to stay one step ahead of the airline as well as heightened security, to execute a daring midair solution to save Donovan and the others on flight 880. CODE BLACK is the story of a desperate rescue, heroism under fire, and the secrets even heroes must keep.