Overview
On the run from a drug cartel, a skier takes refuge in the dangers of the slopeWhen Jack Farrell graduates from college, there is nothing he wants to do more than ski. He lives on the slopes for as long as he can, but real life finally catches up with him, and he moves to New York to work on Wall Street. Here he finds the thrill of profit can’t compare to the joy of skiing on fresh powder, but he soon learns his new job is only a front—a money laundering operation for a gang of South American killers who want Jack out of the picture. His only safe haven is back in Utah, on the slopes of the mountains where he was once so happy. But no matter how fast Jack skis, he can’t outrun his past. Falling in with a gang of daredevil skiers, whose stunts get more and more dangerous, Jack is visited by the cartel. On Jack Farrell’s mountain, the fresh white powder will soon be stained red with blood.
Mark T. Sullivan (b. 1958) is an author of thrillers. Born in a Boston suburb, he joined the Peace Corp after college, traveling to West Africa to live with a tribe of Saharan nomads. Upon returning to the United States, he took a job at Reuters, beginning a decade-long career in journalism that would eventually lead to a job as an investigative reporter for the San Diego Tribune. Sullivan spent the winter of 1990 living with a group of skiers in Utah and Wyoming, and used the experience as the foundation for his first novel, The Fall Line (1994). In 1995 he published Hard News, a thriller based on his work as a reporter, and a year later he released The Purification Ceremony, which won the WH Smith Award for Best New Talent. His most recent work is Private Games (2012), which he co-authored with James Patterson. Sullivan lives with his family in Montana, where he skis, hunts, and practices martial arts.
With a new name and a face altered by plastic surgery, a former money launderer for a powerful drug cartel flees to the Utah mountains. 2 cassettes.