Synopses & Reviews
A half mile up the sunlit walls of Yosemite, a rope breaks, a young woman plunges to her death, and the rescue from hell begins.
Thirty-five years ago, Hugh Glass found glory on El Cap, and met the woman he would marry and lose. Now he's back to climb the wall again, and make a fresh start. But when disaster strikes a team of women high above, Hugh finds himself drawn into a dead vertical race against time. Plagued by fire, ice, and old demons, he reaches the wreckage of the fall, where the rescuers become the victims. Caught between the golden summit and terminal velocity, they cannot retreat, but may not survive the harrowing mystery of the wall.
Review
"An adventure thriller that takes its characters on a haunting trip beyond the boundaries of human endurance and into enemy territory -- superb, thrilling, and terrifying."
-- Vince Flynn on The Reckoning
Review
"A superbly original thriller. Terrifying and exquisite in a single breath."
-- Dan Brown on Year Zero
Synopsis
Jeff Long offers another darkly riveting, extreme thriller about the danger of obsessive loves and battling ghostly revenge.
Synopsis
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Reckoning comes a thrilling novel about the dangers of obsessive love and a battle for ghostly revenge as Hugh Glass finds himself amidst disaster on the sunlit walls of Yosemite. Hugh Glass once found glory on El Cap--the same place he would meet the woman he would marry and lose. Now, thirty-five years later, half a mile up the walls of Yosemite, a rope breaks and sends a young woman plummeting to her death, catching Hugh Glass in the rescue mission from hell on her way down.
Plagued by fire, ice, and old demons, Hugh finds himself drawn into a dead vertical race against time. Reaching the wreckage of disaster among a team of women high above, the rescuers become the victims.
Caught between the golden summit and terminal velocity, they cannot retreat, but their survival is not guaranteed as they face the harrowing mystery of the wall.
"An atmospheric, aggressive thriller... A hurtling, gripping read." -- Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Jeff Long is the
New York Times bestselling author whose novels include
The Wall, The Reckoning (in development with Reese Witherspoon at Type A Productions),
Year Zero, and
The Descent. He is a veteran climber and traveler in the Himalayas and has worked as a stonemason, journalist, historian, screenwriter, and elections supervisor for Bosnia's first democratic election. His next novel,
Deeper, is forthcoming in hardcover from Atria Books. He lives in Colorado.
Visit his website at <>.