Ice Station

Shane Schofield, Book 1

At a remote ice station in Antarctica, a team of U.S. scientists has made an amazing discovery. They have found something buried deep within a 100-million-year-old layer of ice. Something made of metal. Led by enigmatic Lieutenant Shane Schofield, a team of crack United States Marines is sent to the station to secure this discovery for their country. They are a tight unit, tough and fearless. They would follow their leader into hell. They just did...©2002 Matthew Reilly (P)2002 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Some of the wildest and most sustained battles in an action thriller in a long time...non-stop action, lots of explosions--and a little bit of conspiracy." ( Chicago Tribune)

This is a dumb book.

While the premise is reasonably interesting, the plot is dumb and super-contrived. From man-eating animals that are in reality not man-eating, to about a hundred crudely set-up "coincidences", it just made me cringe.

Boring Boy's Own Story

The book starts with an interesting concept but quickly decends into a number of overly described, gorey battle scenes. The language is repeatitive to the point of distraction and the plot is totally unbelievable.

There is so much time dwelling on the brutal fighting that the secondary plot gets left and almost forgotten.

This is one of the most boring books I have ever listened to and I found it difficult to concentrate enough to listen. If I didn't hate not finishing a book I would have given up.