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Thin Air Author: Michelle Paver

ISBN: 9781409163350 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 240 Published: 11 October 2016 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 15.3 x 1.8 Description: The Himalayas, 1935.

Kangchenjunga. Third-highest peak on earth. Greatest killer of them all.

Five Englishmen set off from Darjeeling, determined to conquer the sacred summit. But courage can only take them so far - and the mountain is not their only foe.

As the wind dies, the dread grows. Mountain sickness. The horrors of extreme altitude. A past that will not stay buried.

And sometimes, the truth does not set you free.

About the Author

Born in Malawi to a Belgian mother and a father who ran the tiny 'Nyasaland Times', Michelle Paver moved to the UK when she was three. She was brought up in Wimbledon and, following a Biochemistry Degree from Oxford, she became a partner in a big City law firm. She gave up the City to follow her long-held dream of becoming a writer. She is the author of the brilliantly successful children's series, The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. Dark Matter is her first adult ghost story. It arises from her lifelong love of the Arctic, which has taken her to no...

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