Título: Summit: A Novel
Autor: Harry Farthing
Sinopse: An Audible.com Bestseller in Action & Adventure
An action-packed mountaineering adventure in which a mysterious discovery leads to breathtaking revelations about the world's highest peak.
A summit is a summit, and the truth is the truth. But the view from 8,848 meters isn't always so clear. Two men, seventy years apart, push for the top of Mount Everest, driven by forces beyond their control and something inside that says climb.
After eight successful summits, Mount Everest guide Neil Quinn is confident he can handle anything the mountain throws his way. But then disaster strikes steps from the top, leaving him with a lot of questions and a very old swastika-embellished ice axe that should never have been so high on the mountain -- not if Everest's meticulously documented history is accurate.
But before Quinn can even catch his breath, the combined wrath of his vengeful employer and an angry client drives him out of the Himalayas and back to Europe, where the newly blackballed English guide struggles to make ends meet and discover the truth of what happened that fateful day. He soon uncovers the story of Josef Becker, a Nazi climber who sought the top of the world seventy years before, when Europe teetered on the brink of the Second World War.
Quinn's innocent queries into Becker's expedition soon have neo-Nazis, assassins, and history buffs vying to take possession of the axe -- proof of Nazi alpine superiority, and strong evidence that a German climber was the first to summit Mount Everest.
Beautifully written and meticulously researched, Summit follows two climbers across two continents as their stories and movements intertwine across history, culminating in one final push for the top of the world.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Summit: A Novel”, de Harry Farthing, publicado pela editora Blackstone Publishing, em 2016 e com 418 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Blackstone Publishing
Páginas: 418
Ano: 2016-06-14
Edição: Unabridged
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1504710215
ISBN13: 9781504710213
Sobre a editora
O catálogo da Blackstone Publishing oferece uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas intensas e cheias de tensão, onde o suspense político e o thriller de espionagem se destacam. Os livros da editora Blackstone Publishing frequentemente exploram conflitos globais, como revoluções e crises internacionais, com personagens imersos em missões arriscadas e dilemas morais profundos. Além disso, há obras que transitam entre o drama familiar e histórias pessoais complexas, com uma linguagem que equilibra ação acelerada e momentos de reflexão. O tom varia entre o sombrio e o dramático, com ritmo dinâmico e enredos que desafiam o leitor a acompanhar reviravoltas e tramas multifacetadas.
