Athabasca (novel)
The hell of Athabasca is a crime novel by Alistair MacLean, who first came out in 1980 under the title of Athabasca in the original edition and was translated into German by Hellmuth Lochner.
Content
Two of the largest oil fields on the North American continent, Athabasca in Canada and Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to receive a sabotage threat. It is the company Jim Brady Enterprises called to support, which has made a name in the field of sabotage defenses. Their staff Dermott and Mackenzie, even former manager in the field of oil production begin on site with the first investigation. The employees of the oil companies on site are not initially cooperative, also turns out that the oil production facilities are hardly effective protection. Quick it comes to the first stop, the damage is low, but there are two fatalities. The FBI is turned on. Then comes the call of the Gangster: A billion dollars you want for refraining from any further attacks. The staff at Jim Brady finally figure it out that these acts of sabotage can only come from insiders in the oil companies.
Output
The book is available in paperback by Heyne Verlag under ISBN 3-453-01659-9.
- Literary work
- Literature ( 20th century)
- Literature ( English )
- Crime Fiction
- Alistair MacLean