Frost of Heaven
![Okładka książki Frost of Heaven](https://s.lubimyczytac.pl/upload/books/5001000/5001249/958170-170x243.jpg)
- Kategoria:
- fantasy, science fiction
- Wydawnictwo:
- Forge Books / Tor Books
- Data wydania:
- 2000-04-15
- Data 1. wydania:
- 2000-04-15
- Liczba stron:
- 425
- Czas czytania
- 7 godz. 5 min.
- Język:
- angielski
- ISBN:
- 0812555058
- Tagi:
- Zaginione światy mistyka Azja
An investigative journalist sets out to unravel the mystery of his father's disappearance three decades before and meets a woman as dangerous as she is beautiful. Together they share an exotic journey in search of a secret older than time.
*
An enchanting tale of mystery, romance, adventure, and the search for the meaning of life in exotic locales. An investigative reporter sets out to unravel the mystery of his father’s disappearance in the Himalayas three decades before and meets a woman as dangerous as she is beautiful. Tashi is enigmatic and perplexing, raised as a queen and trained in the Tantric Arts to see every blade of grass in a field and every hint of desire in a man’s eyes. Peter is an American journalist out to solve long-buried riddles in his life. Together they share an exotic journey across Calcutta and the Himalayas, in search of a secret older than time.
Duncan MacKinzie was an RAF pilot who set out three decades before on a secret mission in the Himalayas, never to be seen again. Peter MacKinzie, the son he never knew, is now a thirty-year-old American investigative reporter.
Peter quits his job to unravel the mysteries surrounding his father’s disappearance. He travels to London, where he soon discovers that his father’s ill-fated mission is still shrouded in secrecy. The more he digs the more unanswered questions he uncovers. And somebody is determined to keep him in the dark, as Peter finds out when he is first kidnapped and then framed for murder. Staying one step ahead of the police and the thugs on his trail, Peter travels to Calcutta in pursuit of Tashi, a beautiful and mysterious woman who holds some of the answers. But when he confronts her, Tashi is less than willing to part with her carefully guarded secrets.
Peter unearths another piece of the puzzle when he steals a Calcutta museum map of an ancient tomb, hidden in the mountains of Tibet, which he learns his father was searching for. There lie the ultimate answers to his father’s disappearance—and to a mysterious power source that has been hidden for millennia. Peter must brave the bitterly cold and treacherous pathways of the Himalayas, while dodging attacks from his pursuers, as he follows in his father’s thirty-year-old footsteps.
*
► This absorbing debut thriller set in remote lands offers penetrating character studies along with colorful, nonstop action . . . Podrug deftly depicts his diverse locales from modern London and contemporary, ageless Calcutta to Tibet and Mongolia, providing rare texture for his plot of violence and danger. ◄ Publishers Weekly
► Podrug is a talented writer with a knack for startling images and a real gift for capturing the seamy downside of cities . . . The author has a fine reporter’s eye . . . he’s captivating and dour in his descriptions of the Tibetan landscape or in a harrowing account of contemporary Calcutta. ◄ Kirkus Reviews
► An “old fashioned novel of romantic adventure in the trackless wastes of the Himalayas . . . a good Hitchcockian hero . . . plenty of action and intrigue . . . a lot of color, panoramic shots of locales ranging from Calcutta to Tibet . . . It’s intended to entertain and that’s what it does. ◄ Locus Magazine
► Take a dash of Indiana Jones and Edgar Allan Poe, add a taste of...Lost Horizon and Casablanca, and you've just begun to get an idea of the grand romance, rollicking adventure, and sheer sexy fun of FROST OF HEAVEN ◄ Nancy Pickard, Edgar Award-winning author
*
First published in 1998 by Forge Books
Porównaj ceny
W naszej porównywarce znajdziesz książki, audiobooki i e-booki, ze wszystkich najpopularniejszych księgarni internetowych i stacjonarnych, zawsze w najlepszej cenie. Wszystkie pozycje zawierają aktualne ceny sprzedaży. Nasze księgarnie partnerskie oferują wygodne formy dostawy takie jak: dostawę do paczkomatu, przesyłkę kurierską lub odebranie przesyłki w wybranym punkcie odbioru. Darmowa dostawa jest możliwa po przekroczeniu odpowiedniej kwoty za zamówienie lub dla stałych klientów i beneficjentów usług premium zgodnie z regulaminem wybranej księgarni.
Za zamówienie u naszych partnerów zapłacisz w najwygodniejszej dla Ciebie formie:
• online
• przelewem
• kartą płatniczą
• Blikiem
• podczas odbioru
W zależności od wybranej księgarni możliwa jest także wysyłka za granicę. Ceny widoczne na liście uwzględniają rabaty i promocje dotyczące danego tytułu, dzięki czemu zawsze możesz szybko porównać najkorzystniejszą ofertę.
Mogą Cię zainteresować
Książka na półkach
- 1
- 1
- 1
OPINIE i DYSKUSJE