The Last Passenger

Reporter Kate Kilroy accepts an assignment to travel on the Valkyrie, a German ship veiled in secrecy for decades after it was discovered adrift in 1939 with only one passenger aboard, a baby boy named Isaac Feldman.Obsessed with understanding his origins, Feldman has spent a small fortune restoring the Valkyrie to try to solve the mystery. Assembling a team of experts and sparing no expense, he aims to precisely recreate the circumstances of the Valkyrie’s doomed final voyage. Little does Feldman or his team know that the ship has an agenda of its own. As the Valkyrie begins to weave its deadly web, Kate realizes that she must not only save herself, but the world as she knows it.

From the Publisher

Nazi cruise-ship time travel. Need I say more? I was completely sold on The Last Passenger before I even received the manuscript. A hard-to-believe, impossible-to-forget idea from the mind of one of the most successful authors I’ve worked with in my career? Yes, yes, let me read it! What could possibly inspire a novel like this? “I stumbled by chance onto the real history of the cursed Nazi cruise ships in my research for the third Apocalypse Z book,” Manel told me. “In the thirties, the KDF, the Nazi leisure organization, set up luxury pleasure cruises for workers in the Third Reich. All but one ship—the Valkyrie—set sail and met with tragic demises. I had to explore that curse.” I dove into The Last Passenger hoping to meet a fresh cast of unforgettable characters and to learn more about this strange facet of World War II history. Manel gives the Valkyrie luxury ocean liner as much personality as the people exploring it, bringing this extraordinary tale fully to life. Casino magnate Isaac Feldman is obsessed with the ship and ready to spend his fortune on its restoration, stopping at nothing to return it to the fashion of its 1939 construction. And Kate Kilroy must understand why; we feel her pulse racing as we turn another corner, unsure of everything but our fear. Meet Kate and Isaac, check out the eerie Valkyrie, and see for yourself. Welcome aboard. - Gabriella Page-Fort, Editor

About the Author

International bestselling author Manel Loureiro was born in Pontevedra, Spain, and studied law at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. After graduating, he worked in television, both on-screen (appearing on Televisión de Galicia) and behind-the-scenes as a writer. His Apocalypse Z trilogy—The Beginning of the End, Dark Days, and The Wrath of the Just—took him from the blogosphere to bestsellerdom, earning him acclaim as “the Spanish Stephen King” by La Voz de Galicia. Loureiro continues to reside in his native Pontevedra.International bestselling author Manel Loureiro was born in Pontevedra, Spain, and studied law at Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. After graduating, he worked in television, both on-screen (appearing on Televisión de Galicia) and behind-the-scenes as a writer. His Apocalypse Z trilogy—The Beginning of the End, Dark Days, and The Wrath of the Just—took him from the blogosphere to bestsellerdom, earning him acclaim as “the Spanish Stephen King” by La Voz de Galicia. Loureiro continues to reside in his native Pontevedra.

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