FIRST LIGHT

The story of a couple recounting how they survived a plane crash to their 10-year-old son. It’s a story of love, survival and hope, loosely based on the author’s experience— moments after he parachuted out of an airplane at the Chicago Air and Water Show, two parachuters were killed after they collided mid-air.

Ten years ago, the couple was leaving a work trip in Alaska to plan their wedding back home in Chicago, when their plane crashes during a snowstorm, seriously injuring the woman in the accident; it soon becomes clear that search-and-rescue teams aren't going to find the survivors in time to save her; her husband, the one passenger with survival experience, determines to find help, hoping he might save the woman he loves, but his choices are made all the more difficult by the presence of his boss, a stubborn man more interested in results than taking care of people; only one man will come out of their trek alive, but it still may not be in time to save her and the other survivors; as the road-trip story draws to a close, the truth about their son's life will at last be revealed.


Bill Rancic is the author of three non-fiction books, the New York Times best-selling "You're Hired: How to Succeed in Business and Life" and "Beyond The Lemonade Stand". He also co-authored the best-seller "I Do… Now What?" with his wife Giuliana Rancic. As an entrepreneur and reality TV personality, he burst onto the national scene when he was hired by Donald Trump as the winner of the first season of NBC’s breakthrough program “The Apprentice.” Bill is now a motivational speaker on the subject of entrepreneurship and business, and makes regular appearances on numerous television programs such as Today, The View, and Rachael Ray. He also regularly appears in many major national, regional and local print outlets throughout the country. After graduating cum laude from Loyola University, Bill went on to become a successful entrepreneur when he founded Cigars Around The World, a monthly online subscription-based retailer that became a multi-million dollar enterprise. Highly engaged in charitable activities, Bill has built homes in Haiti for victims of the earthquake; he’s an active board member for the Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, and has donated the proceeds of one of his books to charity. You can see more about him at http://www.billrancic.com .