A fireball rips through the night sky and plummets to Earth. The fiery wreck, a carnage of epic proportions, is the skeleton of a jumbo jet airliner. Hundreds were aboard and all perished except for one. David Keller is that one — he is the survivor.

But how and why? What benevolent force raised him like a phoenix from the ashes of this graveyard? That is, assuming it wasn’t something more sinister. As the aircraft’s co-pilot, Keller lives with the guilt of a tragedy that he seemingly caused, but he can’t remember a thing about it. When disturbing occurrences befall the residents of Eton in the aftermath of the crash, Keller is at the forefront, resurrecting fragments of his past and pursuing answers to questions that may not have any basis in this reality… or any other.

This edition of The Survivor includes a lengthy interview with James Herbert, as well as some rare photographs.