A Man and a Mountain

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>On Christmas Day Tom Briggs drives north with nothing but a backpack a spring onion and the ache of a life that has fallen apart. His destination: Scafell Pike. His hope: that the climb will quiet the noise in his head. His fear: that it won't.</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Based on a true story</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Man and a Mountain</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a deeply moving novel about grief heartbreak and the unexpected kindness that can find us in our darkest hours. As a sudden snowstorm closes around him on the mountain Tom's past rises with the mist-memories of Clare the woman he loved and lost; the mistakes he can't undo; the loneliness he can't outrun. Exhausted freezing and slipping off the path Tom begins to wonder if he will make it down at all.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Then he meets Yusuf.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A quiet steady stranger who offers warmth tea and a truth Tom has been avoiding. Together they begin the descent-one that will change the course of Tom's life in ways he never imagined. But when Tom reaches the foot of the mountain he must face a discovery that challenges everything he thought he knew about that day ... and about himself.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Told with tenderness and breathtaking clarity </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Man and a Mountain</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a novel about survival small miracles and the people who hold us up when the world feels too heavy. It's for anyone who has ever loved deeply lost deeply or needed a sign to keep going.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A story about reaching the summit-only to discover the real climb begins on the way back down.</span></p>