Ice Hunt

By: James Rollins

Narrated by: John Meagher

Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Carved into a moving island of ice twice the size of the United States, Ice Station Grendel has been abandoned for more than 70 years. The twisted brainchild of the finest minds of the former Soviet Union, it was designed to be inaccessible and virtually invisible. But an American undersea research vessel has inadvertently pulled too close - and something has been sighted moving inside the allegedly deserted facility, something whose survival defies every natural law.

And now, as scientists, soldiers, intelligence operatives, and unsuspecting civilians are drawn into Grendel's lethal vortex, the most extreme measures possible will be undertaken to protect its dark mysteries - because the terrible truths locked behind submerged walls of ice and steel could end human life on Earth.

©2003 Jim Czajkowski (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

I loved it

this was a great book with a great story line I hope he writes more stories with the main characters

meh!

B o r i n g! Could have been amazing, but storyline totally sucked.

Couldn't stop listening!

I enjoy Rollins. But this was A+! Ditto to all that the previous reviewer wrote! Now I am frantically searching for the next listen, already knowing I will have difficulty matching this one!

Well Done

If you could sum up Ice Hunt in three words, what would they be?

Entertaining Science Fiction

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Mostly, it is a bit predictable in parts though

Have you listened to any of John Meagher’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

yes, he lends the narrative a sense of urgency, but the characters a sense of competency

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Entertaining with a nice ending

This was my John Rollins book and I found it very entertaining. It was bit predictable in a few places but I still enjoyed listening to it. I always enjoy stories that include dogs and this was no exception.

I enjoyed it enough that I have already started listening to Amazonia by John Rollins.

Bad narration, OK story

This is proof that bad narration can really hurt an author. The story is pretty good and keeps moving at a fast pace. With a talented narrator, it could have been a winning combo. Alas, this narrator seems to lack the ability to breath, so half the book is read in a weird whispering voice. I imagine him sitting at a desk with electric shock devices attached to his body, and a meter that shows the loudness of his voice. Speak in a clear sharp tone and ZAP!. It's most noticeable when the dialog is a shout or loud voice. Suddenly the reader shifts to whisper mode, so the "shout" comes out as whispered croak. It does not advance the story.
Speaking of the story, like most books in this genre, miraculous escapes and dubious science abound. It comes with the territory. It's a mark of a great writer when these cheap devices are invisible. Sadly, Rollins has no such cloak.

Scooby Doo With Scarier Monsters

This is a fun book with a great premise, and some seriously creepy monsters.

It's also kind of repetitive, because essentially, the bulk of the book is one huge chase scene with people getting separated, finding each other, and losing each other again, against the same background, over and over.

Essentially, it's kind of like a Scooby Doo episode, where everyone's running through a haunted house, and Velma disappears, then they go looking for her and then Shaggy disappears but Velma pops out from behind the secret door and now it's time to look for Shaggy, and they find him, but Scooby and Fred have disappeared.

The first half of the book is totally great, the second half is a little draggy. The narrator was good, and all in all, I enjoyed Ice Hunt, and would certainly recommend it.

Fast paced action

This is a page turner with almost non stop action. It is the first book in ten that I thought was worth the credit. As in all fiction books you must suspend your disbelief a bit but most stretches of imagination are fun. You take a bit of James Bond sans Bond and throw in some pre-historic creatures and a dash of frozen undead amid a war between the U.S. and Russia and you get an exciting book. Bravo!

Cool ... Very Cool !

I really did enjoy this novel. It was intense in both action and intrugue. I found the characters believable and likeable... and it has a dog! How cool it that? It takes place in the icy Arctic, a location totally foreign to me, so the scenes painted with such care were totally plausable. The plot, itself, was a bit of a far reach, but that is true of most such stories ... some bit of reality, some bit of possibility and a huge dose of creative imagination. In this case the tapestry was quite enjoyable. I listened to most of it while doing yard work, and it kept me listening even after I had finished. I must admit, however, that I was not especially taken with the narrator's intrepretation of some of the dialog. I found his intonations, in many cases, to hinder the story a bit. But I soon got used to it, and his mannerisms became less noticable... or maybe he got into the story himself, and began to intuit the intent behind some of the author's words. Regardless, I would recommend this book.

James Rollins is Phenomenal!!

I can not even tell you how much I love this book! I recommend it to so many people and have read it many times so when I saw it on here I had to have it. Sadly I was not a fan of the reading, the voices especially the women did not differ much except for amanda. Even the accents slipped a few times co fusing you on who was talking. Overall we still enjoyed the book and will listen again. Now onto our next Rollins book ♡