Hugh Glass and Lewis Cole, both former mountaineers, decide to make their last ascent of El Capitan, the highest peak in the California mountains. Already in the first stages of the ascent, a series of strange and terrible events occur; it seems as if the mountain itself is gaining demonic power over nature and does not allow a person to penetrate through bad weather and clouds so that he can reveal its dangerous secret. But stubborn climbers continue their difficult route, not yet knowing what awaits them at the top. Jeff Long is the author of the novel “The Underworld,” which topped the New York Times bestseller lists and is the winner of several prestigious American literary awards.