Dream Flight: Novel

On the evening of May 3, 1937, 97 passengers board the Zeppelin Hindenburg for its final, fateful flight to Lakehurst, New Jersey. Among them is a nervous stewardess with something to hide, a reliable navigator who seeks her affection, a naive cabin boy aspiring to a permanent position on the world's largest airship, a bold journalist blacklisted in Germany, and a mysterious American businessman seeking to settle an open account. Over the course of the three champagne-soaked days of their journey, the mist surrounding their lies, fears, plans, and hopes for the future gradually clears.

"Flight of Dreams" paints an intimate portrait of the actual people on board the Hindenburg's last flight. Behind them, the storm brews in Europe, and the disaster looms ahead. But for now, they float over the Atlantic, unaware of the relentless, tragic fate that awaits them.

The Hindenburg's last flight and its tragic end mark the end of an era, and Ariel Lawhon unfolds one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century, recounting this journey with an emotional intensity that lingers long after. The passengers on this fateful flight become a community of shared destiny in May 1937.

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