An airliner unexpectedly crashes on the Greenland Icecap near a scientific station. The scientists scramble to save the surviving passengers from the desperate cold of the Arctic night. They soon discover that the passengers are not whom they seem, and people keep dying...

"Night Without End" is one of Alistair Maclean's earliest novels. If his story-telling technique had not quite matured at this early date, he could still tell a gripping story, a closed house murder mystery set out-of-doors. Stolen military secrets are at the heart of the plot-line, but they frequently take a second seat to the simple task of surviving the dangerous cold weather and the uncertain terrain. The hero, a scientist named Mason, must ferry the passengers to safety on the coast while figuring out the identity of the killer and while being distracted by his sudden affections for a stewardess. Maclean builds the story to a thrilling finale on a glacier.

This book is highly recommended to fans of Alistair Maclean, and to other looking for an exciting story.