On September 30, 2006 gunfire echoed through the thin air near Advance Base Camp on Cho Oyu Mountain. Frequented by thousands of climbers each year, Cho Oyu lies nineteen miles east of Mt. Everest on the border between Tibet and Nepal. To the elite mountaineering community, it offers a straightforward summit - a warm-up climb to her formidable sister. To Tibetans, Cho Oyu promises a gateway to freedom through a secret glacial path: the Nangpa La.

Murder in the High Himalaya is the unforgettable account of the brutal killing of Kelsang Namtso a seventeen-year-old Tibetan nun fleeing to India by Chinese border guards. Witnessed by dozens of Western climbers, Kelsang's death sparked an international debate over China's savage oppression of Tibet. Adventure reporter Jonathan Green has gained rare entrance into this shadow-land at the rooftop of the world. In his affecting portrait of modern Tibet, Green raises enduring questions about morality and the lengths we go to achieve freedom.

Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet, Jonathan Green, PublicAffairs, Paperback, 304 Pages, 2010, $23.99

Jonathan Green is an award-winning author and journalist. He has reported on jihadist militias from Sudan, on the cocaine trade from the guerilla-controlled jungles of Colombia, on corruption in oil-rich Kazakhstan, on the destruction of the rainforest in Borneo, and on human rights abuses connected to gold mining in West Africa. He has received the Amnesty International Media Award for Excellence in Human Rights Journalism, the American Society of Journalists and Authors award for reporting on a significant topic, and been named Feature Writer of the Year in the Press Gazette Magazine and Design Awards. His work has appeared in Men's Journal, the New York Times, Fast Company, the Financial Times, British GQ and Esquire, and the Mail on Sunday, among many other publications. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife.

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	Contents: Murder in High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape From Tibet
	Author's Note	ix1
	Introduction	xi
1	Songs to the Precious One	1
2	Sacred Vows	11
3	Forged by Mountains	19
4	Escape	27
5	Forbidden Kingdom	43
6	Lhasa	55
7	Turquoise Goddess	85
8	Snakeheads	87
9	City on the Mountain	99
10	The Insider Pass	111
11	Murder of Ravens	129
12	Bardo: The In-Between State	139
13	A Dark Secret	147
14	Captured by the Wujing	161
15	The Responsibility of Enlightenment	167
16	A Lie Uncovered	183
17	Kundan	191
18	Determination	201
19	The Razor's Edge	211
20	The Restless Himalaya	223
21	The Price of Freedom	231
	Epilogue	237
	Acknowledgments	245
	Notes	249
	Bibliography	253
	Index	257