1950s achievement action action-packed adrenaline adrenaline-rush adventure aerial-combat aerial-maneuvers aerial-warfare air-combat air-force aircraft alien-invasion aliens alpine alpine-climbing alpinism alps ambition american-literature artificial-intelligence atmospheric aviation aviators battle-school betrayal bravery brotherhood camaraderie challenge challenges character-driven child-prodigy children climbers climbing climbing-culture colonization combat coming-of-age competition comradeship courage danger death destiny determination drama dreams duty dystopia dystopian dystopian-future dystopian-society eiger emotional empathy endurance ethical-dilemmas ethics excitement exhilarating exhilaration existential existentialism expedition expeditions exploration extreme-sports fate fear fiction fighter-jets fighter-pilots flying friendship future futuristic gaming genius genocide government government-conspiracy government-control grief gripping heroism high-altitude himalayas honor human-spirit hunters identity inspiration intelligence intense intensity isolation james james-salter korean-war leadership literary literary-fiction literature loss love love-affairs love-triangle loyalty manipulation masculinity military military-fiction military-strategy mind-games moral-dilemma moral-dilemmas morality mortality mount-everest mountain-climbing mountaineering mountaineering-culture mountaineering-history mountaineering-literature mountaineers mountains nature non-fiction novel obsession outdoor outdoor-activities outdoor-adventure outdoor-exploration outdoor-pursuits outdoor-sports outdoors passion perseverance personal-growth personal-narratives pilot pilots post-war psychological psychological-manipulation psychological-warfare pursuit redemption relationships resilience risk risk-taking rivalries rivalry rock-climbing romance sacrifice salter science-fiction self-discovery sibling-rivalry space space-exploration space-travel storytelling strategic-thinking strategy struggle survival suspense suspenseful swiss-alps teamwork technology telepathy tension the-hunters thrill-seeking thriller thrilling tragedy training trauma triumph trust victory video-games vietnam vietnam-war virtual-reality war war-games wilderness world-war-ii young-adult