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F I C T I O N
In an attempt to solve the mysterious
murder of his friend Maggie, Bernhard Rai
travels to India, following in the footsteps of
her ex-husband. But the discovery of an
old Sanskrit manuscript puts him on a
collision course with danger…
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J. F. Dam
Der dritte Berg
The Third Mountain
One foggy morning in March, Bernhard Rai – meteorologist, dedicated environmentalist
and the grandson of an Indian freedom fighter – receives a phone call summoning him to
the forensic institute: his closest friend Maggie Chelseworth, a delightful, eccentric Englishwoman,
is dead. At first the police work on the assumption that it was suicide, but Rai
suspects there is a connection between Maggie’s death and the sudden disappearance of
her ex-husband Christian Fust a few weeks earlier. Did the research scientist, who specialized
in ancient Indian healing systems, get involved with the wrong people?
In the course of his investigations, Bernhard stumbles upon an extraordinary Sanskrit
manuscript – and before long finds himself the target of a gang of ruthless criminals. The
trail of the vanished scientist leads him to a remote valley in Northern India, which according
to legend no one has ever set foot in before. This is where soma is supposed to
grow – a mysterious plant which promises eternal life – and with it limitless profit.
Deuticke Verlag
Novel. 288 pages.
Hardcover
Publication date: July 2013
J. F. Dam
born in 1963. He studied
Sanskrit and Indian philosophy
in Vienna, travelled
extensively (mainly
in Southern Asia) and has
written several non-fiction
books on India and Hinduism.
This is his debut novel.
The author lives in Salzburg.
Deft, accomplished and fast-paced – a strikingly brilliant debut.
»A novel like a mind-expanding drug.« DIE WELT
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