High Citadel

High Citadel – Desmond Bagley (Fontana, 1980)

Plane goes down in the Andes, the pilot’s a traitor, and suddenly a ragtag bunch of passengers – schoolteachers, politicians, a frail old lady and an alcoholic – are forced into a last stand against heavily armed guerrillas. Their only hope of survival? A freezing mountain pass, rusty rifles, and one desperate plan.

Bagley, master of the high-stakes thriller, delivers another taut, snowbound adventure where courage is tested and nobody is guaranteed to see the valley below.

This is the 1980 Fontana paperback, with that satisfyingly chunky pulp feel and the kind of gloriously dated cover that practically screams “dad’s holiday read.” A bit worn around the edges (like the heroes inside), pages nicely tanned to a rich tea-stain patina, but still perfectly readable. A cracking survival yarn, straight from the golden age of airport thrillers – for the price of a pint, you can have a mountain siege in your pocket.

Spine is sloped as often happens with old paperbacks but page block is firm.

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