''The Pulse of Danger'' is a 1966 novel written by Australian author

Jon Cleary Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...

. It is set in

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

with the background of the

Sino-Indian War The Sino-Indian War took place between China and India from October to November 1962, as a major flare-up of the Sino-Indian border dispute. There had been a series of violent border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tibet ...

. A small group of Western botanists have just finished an expedition and are returning to India where they encounter an Indian officer who has a captured Chinese general. They are pursued by Chinese forces. Cleary visited the region as part of his research. Film rights were bought by

Sydney Box Frank Sydney Box (29 April 1907 – 25 May 1983) was a British film producer and screenwriter, and brother of British film producer Betty Box. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Jay Lewis. He produced and co- ...

but no movie was made.Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History
at National Film and Sound Archive

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''The Pulse of Danger''
at AustLit (subscription required) 1966 Australian novels Novels set in Bhutan Fiction set in 1962 Sino-Indian War in fiction War novels William Collins, Sons books William Morrow and Company books Novels by Jon Cleary {{1960s-war-novel-stub