NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE!

"You've gotta readAscensionby Nicholas Binge. Old-school creepy. . .five-star horror."--Stephen King

"Smartly paced, deploying twists and turns strategically to keep the reader moving. . . The ideas are big and the journey is a whole lot of fun."--The New York Times

"[An] excellent page-turner. . . a macabre, escapist pleasure for the thoughtful set."--The Wall Street Journal

A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean leads a group of scientists to a series of revelations that challenge the notion of what it means to be human

The only way out is up. . .

>The higher Harold's team ascends, the less things make sense. Time moves differently, turning minutes into hours, and hours into days. Amid the whipping cold of higher elevation, the climbers' limbs numb and memories of their lives before the mountain begin to fade. Paranoia quickly turns to violence among the crew, and slithering, ancient creatures pursue them in the snow. Still, as the dangers increase, the mystery of the mountain compels them to its peak, where they are certain they will find their answers. Have they stumbled upon the greatest scientific discovery known to man or the seeds of their own demise?

Framed by the discovery of Harold Tunmore's unsent letters to his family and the chilling and provocative story they tell,Ascensionconsiders the limitations of science and faith and examines both the beautiful and the unsettling sides of human nature.