false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168154049m/30893.jpg 30893 8 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 black-market 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.<br><br>In a breathtakingly suspenseful story that is part thriller and part satire, the author traces Hemlock&#8217;s spine-tingling adventures, introducing a cast of intriguing characters&#8212;villains, traitors, beautiful women&#8212;into the highly charged atmosphere of danger. The accumulating threads of suspicion, accusation, and evidence gradually knit themselves into a bizarre and death-defying climax in this exciting, entertaining novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the last absorbing page. 2160448 1972 The Eiger Sanction: A Novel total:291|5:52|4:135|3:84|2:20|1:0| 291 1092 350 17 2 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 07:38:17 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 07:39:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 15:04:42 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 15:12:24 -0700 2009
Dime store thriller. A lesser "Bond" book but with fun potential. Lacking in character development. Needed more for the mystery only really touched on it. Good action and an easy read in two days (with a job). Would suggest it to be read especially for those who lik...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 15:31:51 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 15:35:43 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 11:56:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 12:02:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Apr 11 12:23:56 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 07:51:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 01 16:48:54 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 16:48:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 19:01:26 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 18:31:38 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 19:01:26 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 15:29:01 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 15:42:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 18 14:09:04 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 14:11:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 17:45:13 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 10:59:14 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 05 19:04:41 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 08:38:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat May 02 09:46:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 13:39:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Sep 13 09:24:07 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 09:24:58 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jan 10 05:01:36 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 00:08:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982 Thu Sep 25 02:43:34 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 02:45:51 -0700 2008 2 0 0 false false Thu Sep 20 14:19:50 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 14:20:10 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Feb 12 09:15:43 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 09:16:03 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Nov 25 10:21:56 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 10:21:56 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 19 19:15:41 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 19:15:41 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 19 13:42:09 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:42:09 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=30893