Breakheart Pass
A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the highlyacclaimed master of the genre. The Rocky Mountains, Winter 1873!One of the most desolate stretches of railroad in the West.Travelling along it is a crowded troop train, bound for thecholera-stricken garrison at Fort Humboldt. On board...
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A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the highlyacclaimed master of the genre. The Rocky Mountains, Winter 1873!One of the most desolate stretches of railroad in the West.Travelling along it is a crowded troop train, bound for thecholera-stricken garrison at Fort Humboldt. On board are theGovernor of Nevada, the daughter of the fort's commander and a USmarshal escorting a notorious outlaw
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780006158059 (0006158056)
Publish date: May 1st 1994
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Action,
Suspense,
Western
Fast-paced, small (192 pages), action packed; to be precise, a typical MacLean thriller (though this one's a western). Not great as some of his other works, mind you, but not boring either.
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