Summit

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Summit - a novel. In the autumn of 1938 Germany's Reichsfuhrer, HeinrichHimmler, is growing frustrated at the British using their regional power inIndia to block passage of an SS expedition to Tibet. Determined to spite them, he plots to steal something the British hold dear and have failed for theseventh time that spring to achieve - a first summitof Mount Everest. Seventy years later, seasoned mountain guide NeilQuinn's ninth visit to the top of the world's highest mountain in the charge of thesixteen-year old son of a Long Island billionaire begins to unravel. As a desperatefight for their lives begins in the freezing air high above Tibet, Quinnstumbles across a clue to a story that questionseverything he thinks he knowsabout the great mountain. When the bitter aftermath of Quinn's disastrous climbturns to violent tragedy in Kathmandu, his discovery pushes him into a relentlessjourney that takes him from the dangerous heights of Everest to the equallytreacherous margins of a new Europe where history hungers to repeat itself. Amidst a rich and diverse cast of characters, eachwith their own reason to possess the mystery of his discovery, Neil Quinn hasto fight, increasingly desperately, for order and the truth. In doing so, he revealsan older story of man and mountain to its shocking conclusion.