On planet Eno, there stands a mountain that has never been summited. Many have tried. All have failed.
This climbing season finds three teams making their bid up this murderous peak. And one man among them will discover these ugly truths: There are fates worse than death. There are fates worse than obscurity. To be remembered forever can be its own curse. **
Amazon.com Review
Jon Krakauer meets Ursula K. LeGuin in this slim psychological profile about sky-scraping ambition set on a 60,000-foot mountain on an alien planet somewhere in an unnamed galaxy. Hugh Howey ( Wool ; I, Zombie ) pits his posterity-obsessed narrator against the alpine challenge of Mt. Mallory, named for the famous British explorer who--before dying on it--may or may not have summited Everest, which Howey's mountain dwarfs by a factor of two. A thinly developed cast of challengers--including a deceptively frail-looking woman named Ziba and her android partner--help to motivate Howey's narrator, though not as much as the burning desire for what he terms "the awful truth of my most hollow glory." Fans of polar expedition tales and science fiction alike should delight in this small, cold tale of the inner motivation that can drive the human spirit to (quite literally) dizzying heights. -- Jason Kirk
From the Author
This is my first Kindle Single, which features short stories chosen in their respective genres and featured at the lowest price possible. This work is 6,000 words in length, which generally means half an hour to read. I hope you enjoy.
Description:
On planet Eno, there stands a mountain that has never been summited. Many have tried. All have failed.
This climbing season finds three teams making their bid up this murderous peak. And one man among them will discover these ugly truths: There are fates worse than death. There are fates worse than obscurity. To be remembered forever can be its own curse. **
Amazon.com Review
Jon Krakauer meets Ursula K. LeGuin in this slim psychological profile about sky-scraping ambition set on a 60,000-foot mountain on an alien planet somewhere in an unnamed galaxy. Hugh Howey ( Wool ; I, Zombie ) pits his posterity-obsessed narrator against the alpine challenge of Mt. Mallory, named for the famous British explorer who--before dying on it--may or may not have summited Everest, which Howey's mountain dwarfs by a factor of two. A thinly developed cast of challengers--including a deceptively frail-looking woman named Ziba and her android partner--help to motivate Howey's narrator, though not as much as the burning desire for what he terms "the awful truth of my most hollow glory." Fans of polar expedition tales and science fiction alike should delight in this small, cold tale of the inner motivation that can drive the human spirit to (quite literally) dizzying heights. -- Jason Kirk
From the Author
This is my first Kindle Single, which features short stories chosen in their respective genres and featured at the lowest price possible. This work is 6,000 words in length, which generally means half an hour to read. I hope you enjoy.