A plane experiences severe turbulence and nearly explodes. After that, everything is different: the plane shouldn’t have been there, it landed three months ago. And suddenly it’s there twice – and so are the passengers on board.
On March 10, 2021, a Boeing will fly from Paris to New York
300 passengers on board. Suddenly one piles up in front of the machine
A wall of clouds gets veteran flight commander Markle and his co-pilot excited. The cloud is growing very fast and spreading like a crescent moon from north to south. The machine will not be able to avoid the ice and water monster.
From one moment to the next: silence
Markle urges passengers to buckle up, shut off their drinks and turn off all technology, saying severe disruptions are to be expected. And it becomes restless, very evenly. For the next few minutes, the ride will be like a roller coaster ride. Warning lights sound the alarm, and the plane threatens to crash. Markle makes an emergency call.
Suddenly it was all over: the roar, the cold, the darkness, the free fall. The sun also shines on the pilot’s face through the crowded cockpit window.
The plane doesn’t have to be there, it really is
Radios and tower sounds startled and required an emergency code return of the full names of the entire crew. All technical equipment on board must be collected. Bad joke by the Earth crew, Markle thinks, as he’s about to make his last trip.
But it’s no joke. It’s not March 10th, it’s June 24th. The plane shouldn’t have been there, it landed three months ago. Fighter jets are shown next to a Boeing. “Now follow our instructions,” the radio says.
“The novel raises a lot of questions. Everything on this plane is now twice. Not wonderfully reproduced or recreated, but really twice.”
Lydia Hermes, reviewer at Deutschlandfunk-Nova
The novel “Anomaly” by Hervé Le Tillier raises many questions. A plane is flying through a storm and suddenly everything is twice – and with it everyone on board:
Take Nigerian musician Slimboy, for example, who has to hide the fact that he is gay. Engineer Andrey, who is ashamed of his age. The killer Blake, who has multiple identities, or the girl Sophia and her father Clark, who share a secret. They are all available twice now. Exact copies are missing three months. where do you come from? Is this an opportunity for those affected and if so, why? Is humanity ready for something like this?
“The Anomaly” by Hervé Le Tellier, Rowohlt, 345 pages, hardcover: €22, paperback: €13, e-book: €9.99. There is also an audio book.
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