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2000s: If you love horses and the Pyrenees, best not to read this one
The Frozen Dead (Commandant Servaz 1 )
What you need to know before your trail
Saint-Martin-de-Comminges is a small town nestled in the Pyrenees. The kind of place where nothing happens.
Until the winter morning when a group of workers discover the headless body of a horse, hanging suspended from a frozen cliff.
Toulouse city copy Servaz can’t believe he’s been told to investigate the death of an animal. But this macabre sight has not yet revealed the real horror about to be revealed
Travel Guide
Saint-Martin-de-Comminges (fictional)
“In the heart of the valley, Saint-Martin-de-Comminges population 20,863 according to the brightly coloured sign.”
Saint-Martin-de-Comminges is a fictional town and is a mish mash of several places familiar to the author, some of which aren’t even in the Pyrenees area. In an interview he once mentioned l’Ourse de Ferrère close to Barousse and the Lys valley beside Bagnères-de-Luchon.
And that subterranea, high level power plant? Oh it really does exist. only a few dozen kilometers from where it’s located in the novel
Diane drives down here and reaches tight security so immediately known something is wrong as this is a quiet area, a stunningly beautiful and mountainous area. She drives along under a canopy of trees, along a narrow wooded valley with a penetrating fragrance of leaves and wet snow.
But she soon sees that it’s a lonely place. Very remote, the odd house here and there, barely visible between the trees. It’s then she sees the huge architecture in the hills – the same Cyclopean style common in the mountains. She sees it as the lair of a Cyclops. Animals which live in the caves.
A creepy place with Mr Miniers around.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Frozen Dead (Commandant Servaz 1 )
Author/ Guide: Bernard Minier Destination: The Pyrenees (fictional Saint-Martin-de-Comminges) Departure Time : 2000s
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