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A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival arranged on the snowy summits of Support Everest, from the best-selling writer of The Terror. The year is 1924 and the contest to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the stunning disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine, on top of the make of Mt. Everest. By the next calendar year, three climbers - a English poet and veteran of the Great War, a young France Chamonix guide, and an idealistic young North american - discover a way for taking their shot at the very top. They arrange financing from the grieving Lady Bromley, whose boy also disappeared on Mt. Everest in 1924. Young Bromley must be inactive, but his mom refuses to consider it and pays the trio to bring him home. Deep in Tibet and on top of Everest, the three climbers - became a member of by the absent boy's feminine cousin - find themselves being pursued during the night by someone...or something. This headache becomes a subject of life and death at 28,000 foot - but what's seeking them? And what's the truth behind the 1924 disappearances on Everest? As they fight their way to the top of the world, the friends uncover a hidden knowledge a lot more abominable than any mythical creature could ever be. A pulse-pounding account of excursion and suspense, The Abominable is Dan Simmons at his spine-chilling best.
