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The Hole under JerusalemIt's the last great unclimbed route within the orbit of the Moon – the rocky and dangerous underworld of Dante's Inferno. Just one problem. In a world where everybody climbs, archeologist Professor Carl Snedgrove Harcourt is someone who doesn't. Harcourt hires the unscrupulous Shonnagh Rourke, proprietor of the Solar System's premier mountain shop. In secret Shonnagh gathers her team. Harcourt's golden-haired student Pheidippida: no climber, but keen on null-gee bodyball. The clairvoyant Brother Bertram-Manticora: he has foreseen his own death. And also everybody else's. Bofors Creetchie, brutal and glamorous, will be the leading climber of his generation – if he lives. Prisoner Female HT7134: purchased by Shonnagh on the strength of her burglary skills. Quail, robbed of a classic ascent on Aconcagua IV, ranked 142,706 in the world and falling. Literally. Just one thing. Since 1305, fourteen billion more have died and Hell is bigger now. Much bigger. A hundred and sixty kilometres of demon-haunted rock and ice divide the climbers from the 8000m End Wall and their encounter with the Prince of Darkness. Plus the greatest mountain prize of the 22nd Century. length: 170,000 words (very long, 450 – 500 pages standard paperback) read opening (2000 words)download ebookQuail's WorldAll but three of these 20 stories exist on the edges of 'The Hole under Jerusalem'. They take place in a world where the main economic and cultural activity is mountain climbing, where legends, myths and religions can come true, and where on 9th June 1924 George Mallory and Sandy Irvine descended, still alive, from Everest. Most of them are around 5000 words long – about 15 mins reading time. Southpaw Pillar Climbing orphans Quail and Shonnagh head to the Karakoram to find the deathsigns of their parents Avalanche Wing A new way of climbing up the avalanche couloirs Birds of the Afterworld A deceased birdwatcher strays into an inappropriate afterlife The Clashing Rocks Odysseus after the Trojan War; Jason and the Argo; and a small tourist paddlesteamer of the 22nd Century Sandro at the Wall Little Petey climbs; the two beautiful sisters climb; but how shall Sandro amuse himself at the Silver Espadrille Award? The Black Loch of the Beast A winter meeting between a grieving climber and... someone else Quail NetBofors Creetchie’s at the Slime Wall, but someone’s already climbed it. Something must be done! Blood on the rocks! Huamancantac God of Guano They've climbed his seastack, but how will they appease the bad-tempered god of seagull poo? The Love of Granite To die on the granite is better than living on the ground Mind, or Map? Gerald Macdonaldson, youth group leader, finds his own mapreading leads him into confusion We capture Asgard For centuries, the ice walls of Asgard have been denied to human climbers. But that could be about to change... Adventures on the Bardo Plane Dying on Shishapangma, will Bibi Armbruster end up in the Preta-realm of the miserable ghosts? Or might he, even, attain enlightenment? A Lovely Couple Romero and Julia, how sweet! And they met when Julya stole Romero’s mobile phone. Addlington Manor An English country house in 1906. But why is everyone so concerned about the sex life of Lothar the German cavalryman? The Call Centre An office romance – but in this run-down eastern European city, workplace tensions tend to turn lethal. Golf Balls of the Material World Col. Mackenzie’s 250-yard drive goes clear across the Keltie’s Burn. Or does it go much, much farther than that? Barefoot Boy No shoes, no gear at all, and he climbs the blank walls of buildings. But Rodriga fancies him for the bottom end of her rope. Quartz Vein A wounded climber: abandon them to their fate, or give up on your climb? Fortunately rubbleclimbing's so lethal the issue doesn't usually arise. The Death and Afterlife of the Boatman Tut-Capet When her devotee Tut-Capet is brought to judgement under mysterious circumstances, river goddess Annaket decides to investigate. Bringing down the Bodies The porter Pig-Iron's fourth husband, the one she keeps for visitors, faces his first big climb.
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