It is the year 1924. On the northeast side of Mount Everest, the two English climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine set out for the summit - and disappear forever. To this day, no one knows what happened to them. Were it the weather conditions that prevailed that day? Or was there something else up there on the mountain with them, something deadly? In "The Mountain," bestselling author Dan Simmons tells the gripping story of the first ascent of Mount Everest - a novel that you will never forget.