Rand lives free; lean, pure & defiant, the world has little influence on him. His passion is climbing
- the mountains, the huge vertical faces. There, where storms, snow, or rockfall can kill, he finds his happiness, sometimes climbing with others, sometimes alone. This is a novel of obsession & where it leads. R&, not intending it, becomes suddenly famous for a daring rescue in the Alps. What happens when passion is spent & what becomes of heroes is revealed in this terse & powerfully written novel.