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Kolymsky Heights

By: Lionel Davidson
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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Kolymsky Heights: a frozen Siberian hell lost in endless night and the perfect location for an underground Russian research station. It's a place so secret, it doesn't officially exist….

Once there, the scientists are forbidden to leave. But one scientist is desperate to get a message to the outside world. So desperate he sends a plea across the wilderness to the west in order to summon the one man alive who can achieve the impossible....

©1994 Lionel Davidson (P)2016 W F Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Espionage Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Emotionally Gripping Exciting Scary Fiction Russia

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"Sensationally good. Cleverly conceived and brilliantly executed. One of the great thrillers of the last century." (Charles Cumming)
"I've never read a thriller that so successfully transported me to a hitherto unimagined place." ( Guardian)
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Great story, great characters, the only fly in the ointment is Philip Pullman giving away a couple of important plot points in his introduction.

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This storey is one of the most amazing ever written. Gripping from beginning to end. An adventure to top all adventures, against all odds. As Phillip Pullman says in the intro, just the write amount of detail to make it believable. A must read.

One of the the best stories ever written

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best book on ages. really good and enjoyed it. more like this please please please please please

best book in ages

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An amazing feat of detailed research informs a story of breathtaking originality. You live every minute with our hero willing him to succeed against impossible odds. I have never read anything quite like it.

An absolutely wonderful story

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If you like a chunky read with interesting detail and steady suspense this is perfect for you. I was bereft to discover there wasn’t a sequel.

Perfect narration

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