Jonathan Hemlock Lives In A Renovated Gothic Church On Long Island. He Is An Art Professor, A Mountain Climber, And A Mercenary, Performing Assassinations (I.E., Sanctions) For Money To Augment His Blackmarket Art Collection. Now Hemlock Is Being Tricked Into A Hazardous Assignment That Involves An Attempt To Scale One Of The Most Treacherous Mountain Peaks In The Swiss Alps, The Eiger.In A Breathtakingly Suspenseful Story That Is Part Thriller And Part Satire, The Author Traces Hemlocks Spinetingling Adventures, Introducing A Cast Of Intriguing Charactersvillains, Traitors, Beautiful Womeninto The Highly Charged Atmosphere Of Danger. The Accumulating Threads Of Suspicion, Accusation, And Evidence Gradually Knit Themselves Into A Bizarre And Deathdefying Climax In This Exciting, Entertaining Novel That Will Keep Readers On The Edge Of Their Seats Until The Last Absorbing Page.From The Trade Paperback Edition.