There a mountaineer and writer named Jon Waterman introduced me to the talents of another climber, literary agent Susan Golomb. Their support made possible my 're-entry' into New York publishing. Early on he shared the project with two other creative spirits in the film world, Bruce Berman and Kevin McMahon at Village Roadshow Pictures. His genius and encouragement fueled every page. The book began as an idea that I presented to a climber, my friend and manager, Bill Gross, who spent the next fifteen months helping me refine the story. Ironically, ascent informed important moments in The Descent's genesis. This writer, anyway, benefited from a world of other people's ideas and support.
This edition published in Great Britain in 2000 by Millennium An imprint of Victor Gollancz Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane, London WC2H 9EA To receive information on the Millennium list, e-mail us at: A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1 85798 929 5 Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plcĪCKNOWLEDGMENTS It is a fairy tale that writers are recluses quietly cohabiting with their muse. A page-burner of a book' Lorenzo CarcaterraīY THE SAME AUTHOR Fiction Angel of Light The Ascent Empire of Bones Non-fiction Outlaw: The Story of Claude Dallas Duel of Eagles: The Mexican and US Fight for the AlamoĬopyright © Jeff Long 1999 All rights reserved The right of Jeff Long to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. What emerges is a War of the Worlds against a world that can't lose. Long writes with unearthly force and vision. A stunning tour de force' Peter Crowther 'This flat-out, gears grinding, bumper-car ride into the pits of hell is one major takedown of a read. Long proves himself to be a wonderful storyteller. If Kim Stanley Robinson's Martian colonists had headed down instead of up, this is the world they would have found' James Lovegrove 'Without question, the best thing I've read so far this year. A subterranean realm so expertly realised and credible, we feel it has existed all along. The Descent is SF for the 2000s, from a writer who simply won't be told what he can't do. 'Jeff Long has achieved something that has so far evaded both high-caste genre writers and literary colonisers: he has returned science fiction to its original vigour and – while maintaining all the headlong readability we associate with the form – made it a worthwhile moral tool again.
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