Antarctica Station

A Thriller

By: A.G. Riddle

Narrated by: Morgan Hallett

Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

At the end of the world, a groundbreaking scientific experiment will change everything.

Dr. Laura Reynolds had it all. A job she loved. The respect of her peers. Student debt she was slowly chipping away at.

And one day, it all went away.

She saw the wrong thing—a colleague's mistake. And to escape, he framed her.

Laura's only option is to join a secretive research project in Antarctica, where she hopes to keep practicing medicine and one day get her life back. But soon after arriving, she realizes that things aren't what they seem in this advanced facility.

And perhaps something strange is happening in the world outside.

Welcome to Antarctica Station, A.G. Riddle's first new sci-fi thriller in almost a year. It's a deep dive into the science and history of Antarctica—with a twist few will see coming.

©2024 A.G. Riddle (P)2024 Recorded Books

Good listen, OK book

I usually like A.G.’s books a bit more. This started off really interestingly, but kind of wrapped up in an unsatisfying way. Not bad, just somewhat formulaic and not really that innovative.

Nice story twist

I like A.G.’s stuff normally, but there was too much time spent on the middle part of the story, and not enough on the final chapters. Could have built things up more

Ok, But Lots of Plot Holes

I liked the characters but much of the storyline was just implausible. Performance was great. Not my favorite A.G. riddle book.

Pretty ho-hum, poor characterisation

Great narration. Mediocre story with characters doing non-credible things. Not so bad I want to return but won’t listen again.

World will never be the same

I liked the strong female character Laura. She was kind, true and loyal. But strong in character and only wanted to help this world heal

a simple sci-fi thriller hindered by narrative foreclosure and a rushed 3rd act.

I'm a huge fan of AG Riddle, I've read nearly all of his works so far, but this story was a bit disappointing. There are major plot elements at several points in the narrative that seem necessary for the protagonist to address and she doesn't. even if it's only to explain why that element isn't helpful, it's necessary to maintain a sense of realism and grounding.

imagine wolverine learning he has cancer and never asking why his healing factor isn't curing it. it would make no sense because it's important information that character is aware of and it's integral to their survival. there are a number of other issues with the main character that are of a similar nature, where obvious issues seem ignored because the plot demands it, or she just never considers something that a person in that situation should. it just feels off from his other work in a significant way.

when you look past that issue, the rest of the book is enjoyable, it's the sort of thriller AG Riddle likes to write and I'm here for it. but it's also a book where I looked down and saw there was only and hour left to somehow save the world and was shocked this wasn't part 1 in a series. I would have preferred he ended it an hour earlier at a specific cliffhanger and then expanded the story to another book.

either way, I'm happy he wrote something and that I got to read it.

The detail around research stations in antartica

I enjoyed this book albeit a little sketchy and the journey makes like of ocean crossing from antartica weird bit enjoyable

Wow! Great adventure…I was mesmerized.

Story kept my attention from beginning to end. The characters were believable and real. A very well developed plot. Fantastic writer!

Confusing!!

I lost count of the number of times I had to rewind, because I had no idea what was going on. I’m a HUGE fan of this talented author, but I would’ve appreciated about 20k more words to better explain the complex plot. I’m still not sure what happened.

More soap opera than science fiction

Hard to get too involved. Was more like a romance novel. No interesting future science, no real character development.