Book description
'A breathless story of fear and courage.' Daily Telegraph Kolymsky
Heights. A Siberian permafrost hell lost in endless nights, the
perfect setting for an underground Russian research station. It's a
place so secret it doesn't officially exist; once there, the
scientists are forbidden to leave. But one scientist is desperate to
get a message to the outside world. So desperate, he sends a plea
across the wildness to the West in order to summon the one man alive
capable of achieving the impossible ... Fast-moving, exhilarating and
starring a highly unusual hero, KOLYMSKY HEIGHTS is an unforgettable
thriller with a spectacular denouement.
Lionel Davidson was born in 1922 in Hull, Yorkshire. He left school
early and worked as a reporter before serving in the Royal Navy during
World War II. His first novel, The Night of Wenceslas, was published in
1960 to great critical acclaim and drew comparisons to Graham Greene and
John le Carré. It was followed by The Rose of Tibet (1962), A Long Way
to Shiloh (1966) and The Chelsea Murders (1978). He has thrice been the
recipient of the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award and, in
2001, was awarded the CWAÂ s Cartier Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement
award.
