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  • The Wall

  • Written by: Jeff Long
  • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
  • Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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The Wall

Written by: Jeff Long
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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On the vast, sunlit walls of the world's greatest monolith, two veteran climbers unwittingly ascend into a vertical underworld. In a place where obsession kills, they quickly fall prey to past loves, old demons, and ghostly revenge.

Hugh and Lewis were Yosemite legends. El Capitan was their holy grail, and their destiny seemed written on its big walls. Here they met the women who married, then left them. Now, 35 years later, Hugh's wife has long since mysteriously disappeared into the desert and Lewis' wife is divorcing him. The old friends reunite to climb El Cap one last time and make a fresh start.

But "the Captain" seems cursed this time around. Even before the aging "wall rats" leave the ground, disaster strikes three young women high on a neighboring route. Hugh discovers one body in the forest and spies a second dangling a half mile overhead. He and Lewis launch their ascent, desperate to leave the terrible omens behind. But there is no escape. Doubts haunt them, the elements plague them, and an eerie reptilian woman invades their sleep. Every vertical inch, the men must battle the stone, their aging bodies, fear, and the memories of great loves lost.

©2006 Jeff Long LLC (P)2006 Tantor Media Inc.
Suspense Rock Climbing
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What the critics say

  • Audie Award Finalist, Thriller/Suspense, 2007

"Heart-stopping vertical adventure." (Kirkus Reviews)
"The surprise ending is a true shocker in this hurtling, gripping read." (Publishers Weekly )

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loved it!

great narrator, I got hooked right from the start ! the climbing descriptions are accurate.

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