Beneath the Dark Ice

By: Greig Beck

Narrated by: Sean Mangan

Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

When a plane crashes into the Antarctic ice, exposing a massive cave beneath, a rescue and research team is dispatched. Twenty-four hours later, all contact is lost. Captain Alex Hunter and his highly trained squad of commandos are fast tracked to the hot zone to find out what went wrong - and to follow up the detection of a vast underground reservoir. Accompanying the team is an assortment of researchers, including petrobiologist Aimee Weir. If the unidentified substance proves to be an energy source, every country in the world will want to know about it - some would even kill for it. Once inserted into the cave system, they don't find any survivors - not even a trace of their bodies. Primeval hieroglyphs hint at an ancient civilisation, and an ancient danger. Spectres of the dead haunt the tunnels. Within hours, one of the party will die. To bring his team out alive, Alex will need every one of his mysterious abilities beneath the dark ice.

©2009 Greig Beck (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

A good listen

I enjoyed the story and the adventure. Really liked all of the detailed background information. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is that some of the scenes and things they encountered were a bit grousoome - but I will continue to listen to his other books.

good book well done on all fronts.

it was a good story. not complexed yet not overdone when it came to the hero and his ability's.

Claustrophobic Monster Thriller

Awesome read. Well written action, adventure, and characters. Great creature feature. If you like Jurassic Park and Alien this is right up your alley.

Can't wait to lessen to the next one!

The story moves along quickly, your never bored while the author is trying to explain something. I was completely engaged right from the first chapter. enjoyable characters, loved the mix of sci-fi and action. I am going to be getting the next in the series for sure.

My new favorite writer!!!!!

I think Greig Beck is a great author that ranks up there with Stephen King and Dean Koontz! The Alex Hunter series is a really great and exciting work.

Unexpected and exciting!

If you are looking for something different, get this book! You will not be disappointed.

surprisingly happy with it

honestly this is not my first experience with this writer I like him quite a bit. the creature in the book was not always my favorite part of it. but any concerns I had often brushed aside by the great characters and compelling story I look forward to checking out the next one

Not for everyone, but very much for me.

This book deals with paranormal events that are then explained using "science". This is in my opinion both where the book is at its strongest and it falls a bit short.
The group of scientists does an incredible job at explaining everything and makes it sound very realistic and believable. At the same time, I had wished that monsters would stay monsters and didn't have to be "shoehorned" into realism.

The characters where quite well written I'd say. They might not be the most unique characters but they all stood out from each other and none really felt cliche or generic.

I really liked Sean's reading. He's got a nice and clear voice. I had no trouble understanding him as a non-native English speaker. He also added a slight voice to different characters. Just enough so that you knew who was talking, but not enough that it'd fit in a children's puppet show.

Greig Beck has certainly gained my attention. I'll very likely go through this entire series of every book is like this. From other reviews it seems like they just get better, but that's not something I can tell you for certain.

I liked it!

I almost didn't buy this because of the single 6 year old bad review but tried it anyway. Turns out that that review was way off base and is not in anyway matching my opinion.
The story was captivating, well narrated and had everything I look for in a fast pace horror/sci fy fiction piece. def gonna continue Alex Hunter's series!

Very suspenseful and a little scary

Good story with edge of the seat suspense. Contains some swearing but not to excess.