The world is stunned when four commuter planes crash within hours of each other on different continents. Facing global panic, officials are under pressure to find the causes. With terrorist attacks and environmental factors ruled out, there doesn't appear to be a correlation between the crashes, except that in three of the four air disasters a child survivor is found in the wreckage. 
 Dubbed 'The Three' by the international press, the children all exhibit disturbing behavioral problems, presumably caused by the horror they lived through and the unrelenting press attention. This attention becomes more than just intrusive when a rapture cult led by a charismatic evangelical minister insists that the survivors are three of the four harbingers of the apocalypse. The Three are forced to go into hiding, but as the children's behavior becomes increasingly disturbing, even their guardians begin to question their miraculous survival. 
 First off, I won this in a Goodreads First Reads giveaway. Now to be honest, when I first read the synopsis for this book, I was intrigued. It mimicked a very similar situation happening in real life. In the news right now, there is currently a missing commuter plane. They believe it crashed into the ocean, however, they haven't found it yet. I am talking about the missing Malaysian Airlines MH370. The reason why I mention this is simple. I found the actual news headline more interesting than this book. 
 For a book that was supposed to be 'gripping', I found that I had to force myself to finish it. I even thought I would enjoy it when I initially started the novel. The formatting had potential, but in the end, it did not succeed in capturing my attention. There was not nearly enough of the Four Horseman plot line. Instead the author focused more on the way the story was told rather than the novel itself. I didn't connect to any of the characters, and there were certainly enough of them. 
 In the end I was disappointed. This did not turn out to be the engaging read that the synopsis made it out to be. The mystery ended up being lackluster with an ending that left much to be desired. The format used ended up making the book drag. And that ending, really irritated me to the point of having regretted finishing the novel. I don't say it often, but this should have been a DNF.