Forbidden Summit

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Author information:

Kirk Pocan is an Environmental Chemist and former Research Scientist who writes adventure books, science fiction, and high tech speculative science novels.

His first book, Forbidden Summit, is an award winning mountain climbing science fiction thriller, and draws largely from his lifetime experience as a mountaineer who has scaled over fifty summits.

As a kid, he was cursed with the big questions in science, the ones with no answers. Decades later, this dilemma has forever enslaved him, forcing his hand to create compelling themes out of the complexity of life's greatest mysteries. Kingdom of the Blue Diamond, his next book, looks for the cellular origins of life on earth, introducing an impossibly captivating plot that marches the turbulent path that divides Neo-Darwinian evolution and Intelligent Design.

His latest novel follows an extreme vigilante animal rights group who hunt down abusers and then hands them a very unique punishment.

He can be found in rural Northern California, dodging Mountain Lions and Black Bears in the Cedar forests behind his home, with his wife and his blue eyed Siberian Husky.

External Reviews

Fantastic science fiction about two extraterrestrial races in a heated battle to climb the highest summit in the galaxy. It's original, great characters. The description and detail will have you on the edge of your seat. Highly original, enjoyable and exciting. Allen Nichols, Educator, Net Galley review site (NetGalley Reviews)
Rating: 4 / 5

Absolutely loved this book. Being a sci-fi nut this really fitted me. The great narrative and characters made me romp through it. Anyone wanting an imaginative read, this is the one. Great stuff. Reviewer 450044 Net Galley Reviews (Net Galley review site)
Rating: 5 / 5

"Another blast of wind funneled down the slope and ripped open the body sled that Skodad hauled up from the Spider's Nest where his comrade perished." With an opening line like this, I was hooked. I found Mr. Pocan's characters, technology, and settings to be well written and gripping. The dialogue is believable in the words of his characters. We have a number of very interesting characters. The fact that Mr. Pocan has climbed extensively in the Western United States is a major reason that the climbing and all the technology that surrounds it is true to life. I found this a read that is fraught with danger, intrigue, and a cast of real characters. For anyone that wants a good book to read, this is it. I highly recommend this book. (Bob Medak, All Book Reviews)
Rating: 4 / 5

BY FAR ONE OF THE BETTER FIRST NOVELS I HAVE READ IN SEVERAL YEARS. Pocan has come up with some extremely interesting and diverse characters for his first novel and some unique twists in the art of "world building." While we are talking all humanoid beings here...(no, wait! Are we sure about that?), their outlook on life, at times, is not all that human like...or is it?) Are the emotions of fear, anger, jealousy, hatred, racism, love and loyalty the same as ours? Are they the same among each member of each climbing team? It is absolutely fascinating the way the author has handled these situations. The action in this novel is quite intense. Not only do we have the political pressure; national pride to contend with but also the problems and demons each member of each team brings to the climb. The author has also given us an interesting array of flora and fauna and primitive to hostile natives on the little moon to deal with. Ah, and then there is the mountain! The mythologies of the local inhabitants tell strange tales. Are these myths real? Is this more than just a "mountain?" The author, who is an experienced climber himself, has brought realism to the climb-he has the ability to make you actually "feel" the experience. All in all we have a very exciting tale told in a very realistic manner and filled with believable and likable, and some not so likeable, characters. This was a good read. Don Blankenship, HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER (AMAZON). July 2012 (Amazon Top Reviewers)
Rating: 5 / 5