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Black Ice Deep beneath the Antarctic Ice cap, scientist Lauren Burgess has discovered a secret which could change the face of human knowledge. Then a desperate mayday call comes in. Two explorers are stranded out on the ice, and a rescue is their only hope. Lauren is forced to put her ground-breaking scientific programme on hold as she leads the rescue mission into the frozen void. One of the dying men is Julian Fitzgerald, quintessential British hero and explorer of high repute. Fitzgerald is a PR dream, and a man who stands to lose everything if the truth about his latest expedition is known. Winter is just days away, and seven months of permanent night is about to fall across this coldest and most extreme of continents. The pressure of total isolation gradually takes its toll, and as Fitzgerald's true, dark nature is revealed, Lauren finds herself fighting- not just for the dramatic ecological discovery that has been her life's work, but for the very lives of her team.
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The Death Zone It seemed like any other season on Everest. After six weeks of acclimatization many expeditions were high on the mountain preparing for their summit push. They set out in perfect conditions on 10th May 1996. But twenty four hours later, eight climbers were dead and a further three were to die later, victims of the most devastating storm ever to hit Everest. It was the worst twenty four hours in the history of the peak. On the north face of the mountain an International expedition found itself in the thick of the drama. against all the odds, film maker Matt Dickinson and professional climber Alan Hinkes managed to battle through hurricane force winds to reach the summit. Based on the first-hand experience of having lived through the killer storm, this book tackles issues at the very heart of mountaineering. How could three Japanese climbers leave their Indian colleagues to die? What made an Austrian climber give up his life in the quest to climb Everest without oxygen? Finally, there is the summit success of the two British climbers who reached the ultimate peak, along with three of their Sherpa high altitude porters, on the 19th of May that year. Matt Dickinson became the first Briton to film on the summit and return alive. The Death Zone is an extraordinary story of human triumph, folly and disaster.
Reviews for The Death Zone “Dickinson’s book reads like a thriller, pacy and exciting, giving a good flavour of the sublime misery of climbing at extreme altitude. It is a real page turner...fresh and vivid.” “A very likeable book....his account, The Death Zone, is amiable and entertaining...his excitement at being there is infectious...The Death Zone is a good book.” “He is a modest, very English writer, funny about the problems of filming in such ferocious conditions, the necessity of bringing mountains of reading material to fill Base Camp acclimatization, and understated in his narration of the catastrophic storm.” “Gripping.” “A damn fine read.” “This is a gripping account of filming -- and surviving -- in the death zone.” “It’s an exhilarating ascent at top speed...the author writes with a frank style and the narrative is fine and pacy...when I’d finished the book I still wanted more...enjoy The Death Zone for its admirable and informative narrative.” “Dickinson brings out splendidly the sheer terror at the heart of the whole mountain climbing project.” “A frank and engaging account.” |
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High Risk In a single day of awesome destruction, nature’s fury is unleashed on opposite sides of the earth. On Mount Everest, a brutal storm rages, while in Alaska a catastrophic avalanche rips through the state. In her London home, television presenter Josie Turner waits for news of her tycoon husband who is stranded high on Everest. In a remote Alaskan valley, avalanche expert Hal Maher is involved in a nail-biting rescue. When the carnage ends, Josie and Hal find their lives upside down. When they meet, a fragile alliance is formed. Hal is an ex-Everest guide who promised himself he would never go back. Josie has deep-set reasons of her own to confront the ultimate peak. The siren call of Everest binds Josie and Hal together in a summit bid which puts them in mortal danger. Their attempt becomes a desperate fight for survival. Written with Matt Dickinson’s first hand knowledge of what it’s like to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, this is a breathtaking first novel of rare power and intensity from the best selling author of The Death Zone.
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