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Ice Station Zebra

By: Alistair MacLean
Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
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Publisher's summary

A classic thriller from the best-selling master of action and suspense.

The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice floes of the Arctic Ocean to locate and rescue the men of weather station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice pack somewhere north of the Arctic Circle.

But the orders do not say what the Dolphin will find if she succeeds - that the fire at Ice Station Zebra was sabotage and that one of the survivors is a killer....

©2017 Alistair MacLean (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

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"A thoroughly professional cliff-hanger." ( Sunday Telegraph)

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Enjoyable escapist entertainment

MacLean is an author from another age; you won’t find conflicted antiheroes or ambiguous endings. Just clearly defined heroes, with clearly defined motives, solving a mystery with a neatly defined ending. But just as watching an old episode of Columbo still has its pleasures, so does reading a book cut from the same cloth.

It’s helped quite a bit by the quality of narration—while he struggles with accents (his Texan needs work), his reading is clear and engaging, and his narrator’s voice is pleasant to hear.

Overall, this is a quality “dad book,” Great for listening to on a long drive, or while puttering in the garage.

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Suspenseful

Anyone who has seen the film version will enjoy the original novel that inspired it. The premise is the same, but the story is more involved, and adds a Whodunit element that was edited out of the screenplay. Well read by Jonathan Oliver whose voice reminds me a little of Patrick Mcgoohan. Well done!

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Better Than the Movie

I have always enjoyed the movie and now I suspect I will take the time to enjoy more of Allister MacLean's books.
I especially liked the 1st person POV.

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Great Story

A great who done it with a cold war flare. I found it interesting and fast pased.

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A Great Book and I have read it a few times

I love this book and have read it a few times but this was my first audible rendering.

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Great Read

Better than the movie and that also was good classic just ask Mr Howard Hughes .

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Much Much Better Than The Movie

I have seen the movie numerous times. The book was very different and far better. Jonathan Oliver is a great narrator for this book. I heartily recommend this book.

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pleasure

I love the story, the well drawn characters, the suspense, and I can not imagine anyone other than Jonathan Oliver reading any of Alistair MacLean's books. And I really wish he'd hurry up with the rest of my favorites, like San Andreas, Golden Rendezvous, Circus, and the lot.

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classic maclean

i really enjoyed this novel and the narrator was excellent. Definitely worth a listen if you like MacLean

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Narration needed a little work to fully pull off.

Good story, but narration needed a little work. Not every american has a bronx or southern accent.

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