Wars now take place in cyberspace, the damage invisible but no less harmful. Countries need to protect the few geniuses who preside over this arcane technology, because rivals will make every effort to steal them.. And then hide them. Anywhere
Max and Alexei witness a fatal skiing accident. Next day they offer their condolences to the victim's companion, Gudrun, who seems strangely unaffected by the tragedy.
They expect to hear no more, but a few weeks later Gudrun invites them to dinner. She has a business proposition. Max and Alexei eventually accept, taking them on a dangerous assignment far removed from an alpine ski resort
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We should never have been on that slope. It was off-piste and very steep. With the sun only now reaching the valley floor and no sign of a snowflake for ages, conditions were rock hard. I’d spent the last six seasons in the snow, most of the time at Val Fornet, where I reckoned to recognise every dip and mogul: something of a local expert. I knew we should not have been there. But we were.
Had I been by myself, it might have been forgivable: actually, not even then, because one should never ski off-piste alone. As it was, I had a companion, Alexei, some sort of financial wunderkind, always strapped for time. So I had weakened: agreed to take her for a quick spin round the slopes before the resort woke up and became a white version of rush hour London.
Professional Reviews
James 147
20 March 2019
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I bought the road to mandalay, because I liked the title and wanted to read a self published book. I have just finished it and found it to be a good read with an interesting plot, good locations and historical backgrounds
Matt
28 October 2018
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Another wonderful adventure novel from Rolf Richardson. A globe-trotting, thrilling and amusing tale of modern day cyber espionage and counter espionage, murder and romance which keeps the reader guessing until the final page. Highly recommended...I didn't want it to end!
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