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Now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba. An atmospheric, suspenseful and gripping story of two people finding love while fighting to survive.
 
When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together, hoping to return home; Ben Payne is a gifted surgeon returning from a conference, and Ashley Knox, a magazine writer, is en route to her wedding. But when unthinkable tragedy strikes, the pair find themselves stranded in Utah’s most remote wilderness in the dead of winter, badly injured and miles from civilization. Without food or shelter, and only Ben’s mountain climbing gear to protect themselves, Ashley and Ben’s chances for survival look bleak, but their reliance on each other sparks an immediate connection, which soon evolves into something more.
 
Days in the mountains become weeks, as their hope for rescue dwindles. How will they make it out of the wilderness and if they do, how will this experience change them forever? Heart-wrenching and unputdownable, The Mountain Between Us will reaffirm your belief in the power of love to sustain us.
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Prelude
 
            Hey…
            I’m not sure what time it is.  This thing should record that.  I woke a few minutes ago.  It’s still dark.  I don’t know how long I was out.
            The snow is spilling in through the windshield. It’s frozen across my face.  Hard to blink.  Feels like dried paint on my cheeks.  It just doesn’t taste like dried paint.  
            I’m shivering…and it feels like somebody is sitting on my chest.  Can’t catch my breath. Maybe broke two or three ribs.  Might have a collapsed lung.
            The wind up here is steady, leaning against the tail of the fuselage…or what’s left of it.  Something above me, maybe a branch, is slapping the plexi-glass.  Sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard.  And more cold air is coming in behind me.  Where the tail used to be.  
            I can smell gas.  I guess both wings were still pretty full of fuel. 
            I keep feeling like I want to throw up. 
 
            A hand is wrapped around mine. The fingers are cold and calloused.  There’s a wedding band, worn thin around the edges.  That’s Grover.
            He was dead before we hit the treetops.  I’ll never understand how he landed this thing without killing me, too.
            When we took off, the ground temperature was in the single digits.  Not sure what it is now.  Feels colder.  Our elevation should be around eleven-five.  Give or take.  We couldn’t have fallen more than five hundred feet when Grover dipped the wing.  The control panel sits dark, unlit.  Dusted in white.  Every few minutes the GPS on the dash will flicker, then go black again.     
            There was a dog here somewhere.  All teeth and muscle.  Real short hair.  About the size of a loaf of bread.  Makes snotty, gurgling sounds when he breathes.  Looks like he’s jacked up on speed.  Wait… 
            ‘Hey, boy…Wait…no.  Not there. Okay, lick but don’t jump.  What’s your name?  You scared?  Yeah…me, too.’
            I can’t remember his name.
 
            I’m back…was I gone long?  There’s a dog here.  Buried between my coat and armpit.
            Did I already tell you about him?  I can’t remember his name. 
            He’s shivering and the wrinkles around his eyes are quivering.  Whenever the wind howls, he jumps up and growls at it.
 
            The memory’s foggy.  Grover and I were talking, he was flying, maybe banking right, the dash flashed a buffet of blue and green lights, a carpet of black stretched out below us, not a light bulb for sixty miles in any direction, and…there was a woman.  Trying to get home to her fiancé and a rehearsal dinner.  I’ll look. 
 
            …I found her.  Unconscious. Elevated pulse.  Eyes are swollen shut.  Pupils are dilated.  Probably a concussion. Several lacerations across her face.  A few will need stitches.  Right shoulder is dislocated and left femur is broken.  It didn’t break the skin but, her leg is angling out and suit leg is tight.  I need to set it…once I catch my breath. 
           
            …It’s getting colder. I guess the storm finally caught us.  If I don’t get us wrapped in something…we’ll freeze to death before daylight.  I’ll have to set that leg in the morning.    
           
            Rachel…I don’t know how much time we have, don’t know if we’ll make it out, if…but…I take it all back.  I was wrong.  I was angry.  I never should’ve said it.  You were thinking about us.  Not you.  I can see that now. 
            You’re right.  Right all along.  There’s always a chance. 
 
            Always. 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crown; 39501st edition (June 28, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0767927028
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0767927024
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.22 x 0.7 x 8 inches
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CHARLES MARTIN is a New York Times bestselling author of 16 previous novels, including his most recent, 'The Record Keeper.' His work is available in 35+ languages. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida with his wife and their three sons.

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I've read the book twice and enjoyed it even more the second time. It's a story of dedication to a love one and commentment to a traveling companion for survival. An awesome book.
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Lynda Wolters
5.0 out of 5 stars I didn’t see this one coming.
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This book was a recommend to me by my husband who watched the movie on a flight several years ago. “You would love this book,” he told me. After reading Charles Martins’ Chasing Fireflies, I picked up The Mountain Between Us. Just wow — as I’ve said before, if you haven’t read a Charles Martin book, you are missing out.

Due to weather in Salt Lake, commercial flights are canceled. Desperate to get home, Dr. Ben Payne hires a charter pilot, Grover, to fly him home to Florida to his wife and kids. On a whim, he asks Ashley, a fellow passenger who is on her way home for her wedding, if she’d like to join so as not to be late for her special day. The three, and Grover’s dog, beat the storm and head toward Denver when Grover’s heart gives out leaving Ben, Ashley, and Napoleon, the name Ben and Ashley give to the dog, to survive the Uintas Wilderness. Without filing a flight plan, and with neither Ben nor Ashley having told anyone of their change from commercial to charter, no one is looking or them. To make matters more dire, upon impact, Ashley’s shoulder dislocates and her femur breaks. Making it out of the vast, rugged, and isolated terrain alive will take more than shear strength.

The Mountain Between Us is an incredible story that is superbly written, and worth every minute it takes to read it. I hear the movie is good as well, but I have no intention of watching it — why ruin a good book by trying to put the words on screen.

I cannot stress enough how The Mountain Between Us will have you looking inward, mulling over your personal relationships, and checking yourself to uncovering your strength. And the ending — a total shocker to me. I LOVE THIS BOOK and wish it just kept going.
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Susan A Garbisch
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!
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This book was so well written….the story line amazing…the ending was so incredible…did not see that coming (never saw the movie). Loved it!
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dj in Alexandria
4.0 out of 5 stars Intense and compelling
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An amazing story of courage, despair, and determination. Who can survive these extremely difficult conditions? Adventure of an uncommon and uncomfortable sort with just a touch of romance. Until you find there is more to the story.
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Lisa Canas
5.0 out of 5 stars The Mountain between us
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Good storyline. I like the Authors style of writing. 👍
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Nina Cherry
5.0 out of 5 stars W.O.W.
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024
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This is an amazing love story. Charles Martin is deep and he knows true love. I am thinking of this novel long after I finished it.
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Celia Norman
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Charles Martin Books
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
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This was my 5th book by him that I have read. The plots are interesting. He develops characters well. There is never anything that would be R rated in a movie.
The end of this one was a surprise to me but maybe I should have figured it out.
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Dana Carrier
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Just WOW!
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024
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As I read The Mountain Between Us, it just pulled me in and kept me there until the end. Two very strong people, battling an equally strong situation. I kept wondering over and over "How are they not beat down? How can they survive?" And I kept reading because I just had to know the ending. This was pure Charles Martin. In other words, deep and moving and heart-touching and beautiful.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Mountain Between Us
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023
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Good book. Written well but a lot of fluff. Story was very good and believable. Will read more of his books
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jackey
5.0 out of 5 stars A finely written book
Reviewed in Italy on January 3, 2023
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I read the novel because I had seen the movie. They are both very good in a different way. The movie stars very skilled actors and is less sentimental than the book. The novel is very well written but sometimes strikes a too melodramatic chord. The two plots differ a little and I tend to think that the director wanted to make it more authentic-like . I liked the film ending more.
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scottmar
5.0 out of 5 stars You will want to read this at one sitting
Reviewed in Spain on July 31, 2021
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The first few pages were a little slow, but momentum picked up as I got deeper into the book. I really enjoyed this novel. It cost me a few hours sleep as I didn't want to put it down, but it was worth it. A great book.
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LMB
5.0 out of 5 stars An awesome story of survival
Reviewed in Canada on November 11, 2018
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This is the first book I read by this author and I really enjoyed it. What would you do if your plane crashed on a remote mountain in winter? How would you survive? At times I found myself wondering if this story would be possible in real life. The characters were physically fit to begin with so that would help. The relationship between the main characters was very interesting and the ending was surprising.
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5.0 out of 5 stars the mountain between us
Reviewed in Brazil on January 26, 2018
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é um romance que demonstra a luta de duas pessoas para manter a sobrevivência após o acidente e estão muito distante da sociedade
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MarinaL
5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than the movie!
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Unusually for me, I watched the Kate Winslet/Idris Elba movie version first. The movie's good, but the book is so much better! I thought it was beautifully written, with chapters being delivered in reasonably short bursts, maintaining the reader's interest. The story is seen and told through the eyes of Ben Payne, a doctor. Events taking place in the present are interlaced with flashbacks relating to events that have already occurred in Ben's life. Ben has been at a medical conference and is trying to get back home when he is told that his flight has been cancelled due to bad weather. He is scheduled to operate on a patient within a few hours and he decides to charter a flight to Denver, which will almost certainly get him home in time. Ashley Knox is also stuck at the same airport. She and Ben get talking and he invites her to join him on the charter flight and split the cost. Since she is about to get married, she also needs to get home sooner rather than later. But, when the pilot has a heart attack while flying over the Uintas National Forest, the charter plane crashes into the wilderness and Ben and Ashley must work together in an effort to survive. Ben has broken a few ribs and Ashley has broken a leg in the crash. So far so good - the book and the movie kind of agree in content. But it's at this point that the movie and book story lines begin to diverge. The book takes on a life of its own and I'm really struggling now to understand why the movie pursued the angle it did. The book is a wonderful concoction of a tale of endurance, love and survival against all the odds. And it's quite cleverly written on two levels, so we're not just talking about endurance, love and survival on the mountain alone. I absolutely love the book and I really wish the movie had stuck to it!
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