- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (3 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099278766
- ISBN-13: 978-0099278764
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 561,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Dickinson knows precisely what he is talking about...[giving us] terrifying details of a fraught mountain expedition." - "Crime Time
"Reads like a thriller...a real page-turner." - "Guardian
"Full of heart-pounding dread...best read in a very warm room." - "The Good Book Guide
"Reads like a thriller...a real page-turner." - "Guardian
"Full of heart-pounding dread...best read in a very warm room." - "The Good Book Guide
Irish News
'A breathtaking first novel of rare power and intensity.'
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This is a very fast-paced book and it is sometimes hard to keep up with which character is where and at what time but the description more than makes up for it. The characters are described so well, as are the conditions on Everest when Hal and Josie make their bid for the summit.
When avalance expert Hal fails to give enough warning of an avalanche in which he and his girlfriend are injured, he feels even worse when he learns that his friends, Rick and Sebastian have just died in a storm on Everest.Rick's wife asks him to lay a plaque at base camp in memory of theose who died and Hal reluctantly agrees. He thinks that this will be his last climb but Sebastian's wife Josie contacts him and they decide to make a summit attempt s o she can visit Sebastian's body. However, near the summit, the weather takes a turn for the worse and their oxygen supply is running low...
Fantasic stuff from an excellent author.
I'm sorry to say that this book was a bit of a let down. I don't like to rubbish a book because everyones rtastes are different, and until i get a book published myself then i don't think i am in any position to crticise.
This book was just an average run of the mill kinda book. The plot was very easy to follow and there was nothing in the book that required you to stretch your imagination in order to work out which direction the book might take next.
Matt Dickinson can describe Everest in glorious great detail which makes you feel you are there with his characters and this is what he is good at, BUT this book was written around this mountain and for me, the story suffered because the author is more at home in the mountain than he is at writing a gripping novel.
Having said all that, the book kept me reading until the end, so I have to say that it was a good read or else i would have put it down, but it just never quite reached the heights that you could comapre to the mountain itself.
Last word is, read it, but don't pay full price for it.
If you have read The Death Zone and Into Thin Air, and have a nodding acquaintance with the Everest regulars, you will recognise some fairly thinly disguised characters here. But, having read those books also means that you recognise the descriptions of appalling conditions on Everest as accurate. If you are mad enough to think that all you have to do is get reasonably fit and find a guide to pull you up the mountain, read the two books mentioned above, watch the IMAX film, and read this. Then you'll know better.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A psychological thriller where Everest is the enemy
I read a lot of who-dunnits and mysteries so had to be convinced by a friend to read 'HighRisk'as it didn't seem automatically to be my cup of tea. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2001
For teenagers who like Mills & Boons stories
I bought this book on the basis of the 5 stars it got in the above reviews and was disappointed. To be fair to the author, I feel that this book should be classified under romance... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2001
pass the oxygen...I think i'm going to faint
Newly addicted to mountain books (loved Into thin Air/Touching the Void/Death Zone) and gave this one a go. No regrets...its brilliant. Read more
Published on 17 May 2001
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