A powerful novel of passion, duplicity and mystery moves from the golden age of polar exploration (1915) to the present.The stunning climax takes place on the Antarctic icecap where vibrant, fearless Viola Lambert leads an all-women’s expedition in a death-defying race for the South Pole. Her rival is her lover, Byron Tremaine, the greatest explorer of that time. Their turbulent love affair is played out against a backdrop of danger.
In a companion plot set in modern times, a television producer of scandalous exposė
programs suspects the true story of what happened at the Pole is yet to be told. In seeking to unravel the mystery, he comes into bitter conflict with Tremaine’s great-granddaughter, the keeper of the flame.
