High Risk

High Risk
ISBN-10
0099278766
ISBN-13
9780099278764
Series
High Risk
Category
Accident victims
Pages
438
Language
English
Published
2001-05
Publisher
Vintage
Author
Matt Dickinson

Description

In a single day of awesome destruction, nature's fury is unleashed on opposite sides of the Earth. While TV presenter Josie Turner's tycoon husband is stranded in a brutal storm on Everest, avalanche expert Hal Maher is involved in a nail-biting rescue in a remote Alaskan valley. After the cataclysm, Josie and Hal are brought together on Everest in a desperate fight for survival. Written with Matt Dickinson's first-hand knowledge of what it's like to climb to the summit of the world's highest mountain, this is a breathtaking first novel of rare power and intensity from the bestselling author of "The Death Zone.

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