This is an action-packed adventure story set in Britain and the Alps in the aftermath of the Second World War. While the eyes of the world are focused up on attempts to scale Mount Everest, two young men ˇV once members of the worldˇ¦s climbing elite, subsequently forced into premature retirement after the failure of a secret military operation in the Alps during the War ˇV have become outcasts of mountaineering society. Until, that is, a peculiar and dangerous request is made of them, drawing them back to the mountains on an exploit that will prove treacherous in more ways than one, as they confront not only the pitiless cruelty of nature but also the ghosts of their former selves.
