High on the slopes of Mount Everest, something waits in the snow.
In 1925, three climbers—an English war veteran, a French mountain guide, and an idealistic American—set out to uncover the truth behind the disappearances of George Mallory, Sandy Irvine, and a missing young aristocrat. Funded by the boy’s grieving mother, their expedition becomes a desperate search for answers in the world’s most dangerous place.
As they climb into the thin air, strange signs appear in the snow and an unseen presence stalks them through the night. Survival becomes a race against something colder and far more sinister than the mountain itself.
Dan Simmons’s The Abominable is a chilling historical thriller of endurance, obsession, and the secrets buried on the roof of the world.
