A closed-in thriller in extreme high-mountain conditions: you’re alone with the elements, with terrifying oxygen deprivation, and with a person capable of extreme evil.
What does a person feel standing at the edge of the highest point in the world?
Cecilia Wong has no idea. She is sure that climbing peaks isn’t for her. But when the iconic mountaineer Charles McVey invites her to an expedition to Manaslu—the world’s eighth highest mountain—she agrees, because she’s promised an exclusive interview. This will be a real information bomb and a huge breakthrough in her career…
But when, one after another, two top-class mountaineers die on the mountain—and Cecilia is shoved a note saying: “MURDER HAPPENED ON THE MOUNTAIN. RUN”—the girl realizes she is in danger.
It’s just that turning back is too late. High in the mountains, in one of the most remote places on Earth, amid raging elements, she has no choice but to fight for survival… while members of the expedition die one by one at the hand of an unknown killer…