Book description
To Luca Matthews the dangers of the high mountain peaks are the air
upon which he thrives. In the ruthless pursuit of his goals he would
sacrifice anything - even another climber's life. His friends and
family know and fear it. So when he sights a virgin peak in the
Himalayas that exists on no map, no one is surprised when he becomes
obsessed with being the first to scale it.
Together with his climbing partner, Bill Taylor, they set off into a
region of Tibet highly restricted by the Chinese. But a freak accident
puts one of their team in mortal danger and it is left to a local
Tibetan girl to lead them to Geltang, a monastery that has been hidden
from the outside world since the Chinese Cultural Revolution, when
most of the monasteries were pillaged and burned. Soon, as the Chinese
secret police get wind of them, Luca and Bill find themselves
embroiled in an age-old struggle, not for their lives but to protect
the precious secret that Geltang hides and the legacy of Tibet itself.
Patrick Woodhead is a young professional climber, who also runs White
Desert, a company which arranges adventure expeditions to the Antarctic.
When he is not in Antarctica, he divides his time between South Africa,
the birthplace of his wife, and London.
