Kolymsky Heights

Kolymsky Heights

First US edition cover
Author Lionel Davidson
Country Great Britain
Language English
Genre Thriller novel
Publisher William Heinemann
Publication date
1994
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 315 pp
ISBN 0-312-95661-4
OCLC 33253876

Kolymsky Heights is a thriller novel by Lionel Davidson.

Plot summary

A coded message is smuggled out of Russia, a plea for help from a supersecret laboratory deep in the frozen wastes of Siberia. The note is addressed to Johnny Porter, a Canadian Indian of the Gitxsan tribe with a genius for languages and disguises, and reluctantly he is forced to slip across the border on a rescue mission, the consequences of which he little imagines. The detailed picture of life in the Kolyma region and of the native peoples of the Russian Far East (such as the Evenks) and British Columbia (such as the Tsimshian) is impressive.

Critical opinion

Philip Pullman has said of the novel: "The best thriller I've ever read, and I've read plenty. A solidly researched and bone-chilling adventure in a savage setting, with a superb hero." [1]

References

  1. Philip Pullman's essential reading list The Times, August 30, 2008


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