Night Without End
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| Night Without End | |
 1960 USA paperback cover |
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| Author | Alistair MacLean |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Thriller Novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday & Company; paperback by Fawcett Crest |
| Publication date | 1959 |
| Pages | 234 pp. |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | The Last Frontier |
| Followed by | Fear Is the Key |
Night Without End is a Thriller novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1959. It is generally considered one of MacLean's very best, especially in its depiction of the unforgiving Arctic environment; among others, the Times Literary Supplement gave it strongly favorable notices when it came out.
[edit] Plot introduction
An airplane crash lands in mid Greenland. A passenger and co-pilot die, but one of the pilots has a bullet in his back in the crash but a scientific research team based near the crash site rescues the surviving passengers. The only means of contact with the outside world is a Radio but one of the passengers accidentally destroys it. A Scientific research team based near the crash comes and helps.
With not enough food for everyone and no hope of rescue the leader of the scientific research team, Dr Mason, decides that they must set out for the nearest civilisation in an ancient arctic tractor. As the group try to make their way to safety it is clear that at least one of them is determine to stop them.
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