Ice

The Ice Trilogy, Book 1

De: Kevin Tinto

Narrado por: Pamela Almand

We are writing with some fabulous news! Ice has been named the Winner in the action/adventure category of the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Congratulations!"

Next Generation Indie Book Awards

The debut best seller that has sold more than 400,000 Kindle and paperback versions!

Ice!

Archaeologist Leah Andrews stumbles upon something inexplicable in southwestern New Mexico: Inside a dark cavern lies an undiscovered, Native American cliff dwelling abandoned for 800 years. While twisting through one of the narrow underground passageways, Leah’s flashlight illuminates the remains of a violent massacre.

Ancient human remains - all slaughtered in a long-ago massacre - cover the cavern floor, along with several brilliantly colored, granite crystals. The rare gems are native to only one place on earth: A frozen mountain range in central Antarctica.

Could Native Americans have traveled to the frozen continent of Antarctica 800 years before the first known human exploration? If so, how? And why?

There’s only one person who can get Leah to those mountains in Antarctica: Her estranged husband and climbing guide Jack Hobson.

At their destination, they make a stunning discovery that will change history and science forever. But Leah’s team is far from the only interested party.

As her secret makes its way to the highest levels of government, a race to seize the Russian-claimed Antarctic territory brings the world to the brink of nuclear conflict.

©2015 Kevin Tintoi (P)2020 Kevin Tinto

I hesitated, but ...

I was hesitant.
The perceived subject matter was not quite in my comfort zone and I was not attracted to the fact that the reader was a woman ... in a book that was of a ‘masculine’ bent ... etc, war and Seals. Feminists can make what they want of this, but I burnt my bra long again.
Having said that, I bought this audio and enjoyed it very much. The reader was excellent and the story, while at times ‘maddening’, drove the listener on with interest and enjoyment.
I do find the occasional times in such books when well educated people, with degrees and all, act silly or stupid in ways below their ‘pay grade’, to be irritating and annoying. As an example, a speech by such a person who is in the total power of very, VERY bad people ... “when I am free of you, I am going to tell the whole world what you have done and what bad people you are”!
I must admit, the author of this book seems to be aware of this and toward the end of the story, has the well educated and bright person have her ‘road to Damascus’ experience.
For me, enjoyable and well worth the money.

An excellent first book for this new Author!

I enjoyed every thing about this book.... I loved the Characters, the story, the locations, ... I look forward to reading the second book.

Out of this World Mystery

Leah Andrews is a renowned Archaeologist who is on a mission to discover the mystery of a tribe of Native American Indians that lived in a cliff dwelling in the southwestern area of New Mexico which just happens to be on government property. What she discovers there requires her to reach out to her estranged husband, Jack Hobson. His connections and expertise of the Antarctic territory are exactly what Leah needs to solve the mystery. Hobson brings in experts and finds a financer which adds another twist to their mission – recovering an antique plane on Russian claimed territory!

Kevin Tinto, the author, builds the story slowly but powerfully starting with the deadly climb up and down Mount Everest ending with the team making a discovery that is out of this world! Each step of this book is well written and realistic especially the “governmental red tape” and politics that occur in the storyline. Tinto is methodical as he moves Leah and her team through every step of their exploration and discovery. Edge of your seat excitement every with every word!

Tinto takes time to build each character and ties them to the storyline perfectly. One cannot help but root for Leah and Jack. Ice is vividly written, with strong characters, and the listener cannot help but be disappointed when they hear the “we hope you have enjoyed this audible production”. I look forward to the next book in this trilogy!

Pamela Almand, the narrator, provides an excellent performance. Almand moves the story along with the right amount of emotion and enthusiasm. Her cadence is smooth and easy to listen to. I found Almand gave each character the right tone which reflected the personality of each character. Almand immersed not only herself into the story but she brought the listener in as well. This is the first time I heard Pamela Almand perform and I loved it!

There were no issues with the production or quality of this audiobook.

Disclaimer: This Audiobook was provided free of charge by the author, narrator, and/or publisher in exchange for a non-bias, honest review.

Couldn’t quit listening!

I loved listening so much I had to force myself to turn off my car and go in to work! I can’t wait for the next book. The narrator Pam Almand really brought the characters to life and I felt like I knew them all. I was impressed at the pronunciation of the native words and the different voices and accents of each character. I definitely will listen to more books using Pamela Almand as the narrator and Kevin Tinto as the author!

Prepare to be stunned!

Wow,wow,wow! What starts off a little slow takes you around the world and what starts out as a curious archeological mystery turns into a political adventure and a slightly supernatural scavenger hunt ending up in Antarctica and a race between the Russians and Americans rescuing a Chilean airplane with Native Americans and various other life forms. Kinda hard to describe or it sounds crazy. Not my usual read but I am going for the next one in the trilogy now!
Reader gave every single person a personality and character and after starting out not liking the main female archaeologist, I really knew who she was by the end and her character really came out. And the side characters were each individuals and almsot every one had a different accent than American English which she handled very well.

If you like Clive Cussler, this will blow Dirk Pitt out of the water with male and female versions of Dirk Pitt!