Breakheart Pass

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Breakheart Pass
Alistair MacLean

A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the highly acclaimed master of the genre.The Rocky Mountains, Winter 1873…One of the most desolate stretches of railroad in the West. Travelling along it is a crowded troop train, bound for the cholera-stricken garrison at Fort Humboldt. On board are the Governor of Nevada, the daughter of the fort’s commander and a US marshal escorting a notorious outlaw. Between them and safety are the hostile Paiute Indians – and a man who will stop at nothing, not even murder…

ALISTAIR MACLEAN

Breakheart Pass

Copyright (#ulink_9e16f7d7-efb6-547a-b7b4-49212bdfa4e7)

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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First published in Great Britain by Collins 1974

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Dedication (#ulink_f591397d-631c-5039-a539-48ad160b618f)

To Mary Marcelle

Contents

Cover (#u2fc16075-75c2-5f53-b08c-a530bd3f429c)

Title Page (#u27b6e382-ba63-5700-968c-e1ba3e4d26c7)

Copyright (#u284d53e0-fc35-5cd4-b710-13d9cce82c1c)

Dedication (#u31005b12-1656-564d-80d5-2930eb646348)

THE CHARACTERS (#u76fe4657-1ea8-5d00-93df-49f2c4835bd6)

ONE (#uef9e104a-225d-52d4-b286-57c212d4fbd1)

TWO (#u3e9af252-1687-5380-96f2-dd8bcf4354d6)

THREE (#ub35f6900-864a-5fc8-bc39-2b18b4cdcf48)

FOUR (#u7c055a21-d0fd-5b5a-8a5e-2da955393c16)

FIVE (#ud75cbf8c-3b6f-5d45-8b17-df264428405a)

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SEVEN (#u9f40f175-782e-5b3c-9b43-a0403ca85d23)

EIGHT (#u73fd4d25-20a9-5c5d-99e1-5b010b58f095)

NINE (#ud2bd2ecd-9dd1-5446-bdfe-e37049a47841)

TEN (#uc5775108-8097-5604-903f-f7e0533128d7)

Keep Reading (#u3dd57069-f4cb-573b-9ffa-bbf7afc21cf7)

About the Author (#u198f509c-e88b-51e5-933c-f34291ba1b92)

By Alistair MacLean (#ue6b8ac5f-5f49-51a2-8903-7be862df0fd8)

About the Publisher (#uccf6a665-0609-59ba-8c4c-1a72b78f2053)

THE CHARACTERS (#ulink_25a11001-ed96-5e42-9c52-1190f49fef22)

JOHN DEAKIN

COLONEL CLAREMONT

COLONEL FAIRCHILD

GOVERNOR FAIRCHILD

MARICA FAIRCHILD

MAJOR OȧBRIEN

NATHAN PEARCE

SEPP CALHOUN

WHITE HAND

GARRITTY

REV. THEODORE PEABODY

DOCTOR MOLYNEUX

CHRIS BANLON

CARLOS

HENRY

BELLEW

DEVLIN

RAFFERTY

FERGUSON

CARTER

SIMPSON

BENSON

CARMODY

HARRIS

CAPTAIN OAKLAND

LIEUTENANT NEWELL

A Gunman

US Cavalry

Commandant of Fort

Humboldt

The Governor of Nevada

The Governorȧs niece and

the daughter of Colonel

Fairchild

The Governorȧs Aide

US Marshal

A villain of some note

Chief of the Paiutes

A gambler

Chaplain elect for

Virginia City

US Army Doctor

Engineer

Cook

Steward

US Army Sergeant

Brakeman on train

A trooper

US Army Telegraphists

Three minor villains

Passive but relevant

The following bears very closely on the choice of 1873 as the date for this story.

NB. It might appear odd that a US Army relief mission should be sent to attend a cholera outbreak, but this is not so: the State of Nevada Health Service was not established until 1893.