Artfully and assiduously pieces together an account of a fractious day in brutal real time. Fatality by fatality... devastating

Riveting and powerful; an extraordinary story of an extraordinary tragedy. Reading No Way Down is the closest you can come to being on the summit of K2 on that fateful day

A tour de force of a book...a triumph of storytelling

One of the best books I've ever read. But take it to the beach at your peril - it's impossible to put down. Sunburn is guaranteed

Stories of heroism, sadness and extraordinary endurance against all the odds are woven into a thrilling drama

Probably the best mountain-disaster memoir since Into Thin Air

Unputdownable... a portrait of extreme courage, folly and loss, leavened by a small dose of survival'

A gripping hour-by-hour dissection of events in the Western Himalaya over three deadly days... a fitting shelfmate to the modern classic Into Thin Air

Jones has unearthed and told quite brilliantly the tragic story of a man condemned not only be authority but also by his own stubbornness

Moving

[Moore] entertainingly unravels the complexities of the relationships within the peloton

One of Bike Radar’s favourite books of the past 12 months

Moore unearths a dazzling array of detail through interviews and anecdotes, telling a tale that holds suspense even for those who know the ultimate outcome of this epic battle. As racing books go, Moore’s book just might be “the greatest ever"

The measure of a great book is a great start.Richard Moore’s introductory anecdote in Slaying the Badger set a new standard in cycling literature