28 - a book with a one-world title

It's hot and I feel tired, so I want something easy and quick this week. It's going to be a book with a one-world title, so I chose

Athabasca by Alistair MacLean.

Alistair MacLean wrote some of my favourite books, but there are also some I didn;t enjoy at all. It seems that I always either love or hate his books, we'll see what I think about this one :) It looks very short, so it shouldn't take me long to read it.

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