Sci-Fi Departure by A.G. Riddle

[Joe Smith]

Has anyone on here read A.G. Riddle's book, The Departure? It got self-published on Amazon and was later picked up by Harper Collins. Pretty crazy.

The book's about plane crash survivors who find themselves in a different world. It's a work of speculative fiction that reminds me a lot of Lost, in the best ways possible. I haven't finished it yet.

Anyone else reading it???

 

[Tom]

DEPARTURE: The new sci-fi thriller from A.G. Riddle

His debut novel, The Atlantis Gene, is the first book in a trilogy (The Origin Mystery) that has sold a million copies in the US, is being translated into 18 languages, and is in development at CBS Films to be a major motion picture.

Departure, follows the survivors of a flight that takes off in 2014 and crash-lands in a changed world. The hardcover will be published by HarperCollins in the fall of 2015, and 20th Century Fox is developing the novel for a feature film.

No matter where he is, or what's going on, he tries his best to set aside time every day to answer emails and messages from readers. You can reach him at: ag@agriddle.com

FLIGHT 305 TOOK OFF IN 2015...
BUT IT CRASHED IN A WORLD VERY DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN...

NOW FIVE STRANGERS MUST UNRAVEL WHY THEY WERE TAKEN...
AND HOW TO GET HOME.

DEPARTURE: The new sci-fi thriller from A.G. Riddle

Nice Homepage!

 

[Tom]

Fox Lands A.G. Riddle Novel 'Departure' Just As Book Sells To HarperCollins

I checked IMdb for a listing but only found reference to this article.

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox has acquired Departure, a science fiction novel that was initially self-published by author A.G. Riddle. After it became an online phenomenon, the book just sold in a big auction in a seven-figure deal for worldwide English-speaking territory rights to Harper Voyager, the sci-fi imprint of HarperCollins, Fox’s sibling company. Fox-based producer Steve Tzirlin will produce the film through R&G Productions, and Matt Reilly brought it into the studio. Deal was low against high six figures.

The novel starts with a plane crash in the English countryside. Soon, the survivors find they have a complex connection to the present, future and past as they are plunged into a sci-fi survival storyline. IPG’s Brian Lipson made the deal for Baror International’s Danny Baror. Riddle’s previous self-published trilogy, The Origin Mystery, is being developed by CBS Films.

Tzirlin’s percolating projects at Fox include Ruin, which Wes Ball will direct and T.S. Nowlin is writing; Invisible, which Dan Blank will direct and which Doug Simon is writing; and Timeless, which has Rio’s Carlos Saldanha attached to direct.

 

[Joe Smith]

Yep that's the one! Have you read it?

 

[Tom]

nope

 

[Kevin]

Anyone else reading it???

I have not come across it before but it looks interesting.

I'm checking Amazon for prices and it's crazy... the hardback is only $13.74 at the moment while the paperback is $17.15?!

Departure: Riddle, A. G.: 9780062431660: Amazon.com: Books