When one of her patients dies in a mountain climbing accident, psychologist Meredith Greene blames herself—and Erik Amundsson, the world-famous climber who led the doomed expedition. Surely he could have done something to save the young woman who had loved him so desperately. But as Meredith slowly uncovers his secrets, she, too, falls under his spell... It is only with the help of agent John McCord—an investigator who has his own questions about Erik's past—that she begins to understand the dangerous passion that has taken hold of her soul...

From the author:

"Because it's there." Sir Edmund Hillary replied when asked why he risked his life to climb Mount Everest. And that just about says it all.

Living in Aspen, knowing so many climbers, knowing so many who have risked the ultimate and died, has made us fascinated with the men and women who insist on entering the "danger zone."

Who can forget the radio telephone call heard round the world at 28,700 feet from dying New Zealander, Rob Hall, to his wife on the 1996 Mt. Everest climb? Several Aspen friends of ours were also on that tragic climb that resulted in 9 deaths. Horrified and fascinated, shaken, we needed to explore the deepest motivations of men and women who risk life and limb on climbs halfway across the globe and every day right here in our hometown.

ON THE EDGE is a breakneck-paced suspense; it is also an inside look into obsession, the obsession of love and the obsession to live On the Edge.