And Not To Yield Author:James Ramsey Ullman "In the beginning there was the mountain. In the end there was the mountain. Between were the miles and the years." Between is the life of a mountain climber. Between is his conflict with the conventional world hs passion for a woman he cannot possess, his dream of conquering the Himalyan peak Dera Zor. This sweeping novel is the story of E... more »ric Venn, a man haunted by other times and other faces. Death and disaster have too often followed him up the belaying lines. He seeks to silence the voices of the dead with alcohol and drugs and the comforts of a woman's body. But he can never erase the dream. Dero Zor is there--waiting for him.« less