• Melt Zone

  • A Robert Spire Thriller, Book 3
  • By: Simon Rosser
  • Narrated by: David Loving
  • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (26 ratings)

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Melt Zone

By: Simon Rosser
Narrated by: David Loving
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A mysterious structure is found buried beneath the Antarctic ice. Undiscovered for decades...it should have remained that way.

A team of climatologists are sent on a routine expedition to Antarctica to investigate a rapidly melting glacier, where they make a startling discovery.... In Europe, a secret Nazi document surfaces which points to a historical government secret, and which appears connected to events unfolding in Antarctica. Robert Spire, tasked to hunt for the secret document, soon becomes the hunted, as he is chased across Europe in this fast-paced action thriller. Spire soon discovers that sinister forces are at work. Forces that will do all they can to protect the secret that lies buried beneath the Antarctic ice....

In 1938, the German New Swabia Expedition left Hamburg for Antarctica aboard the MS Schwabenland. The secret expedition arrived at the Princess Martha Coast, in an area which had been claimed by Norway as Dronning Maud Land, and began charting the region...75 years later, satellite photographs discover something very odd occurring in Eastern Antarctica....

Rapid Antarctic ice melt....

Just before Europe's Envisat satellite malfunctions, it photographs a mysterious melt zone during a fly-over of Eastern Antarctica. After analyzing the photographs, the UK's GLENCOM - Global Environmental Command - Unit, sends three of its climatologists to investigate, but as they search the site, a vast crevasse opens in the ice, swallowing them up. They survive the fall, but make a startling and lethal discovery.

A hunt across Europe....

GLENCOM agent and environmental lawyer, Robert Spire, is tasked to investigate a Cologne-based company whose origins appear linked to the events unfolding in Antarctica. As Spire suspects a possible government conspiracy, things take a sinister turn, as clues lead him to the discovery of a 70-year-old Nazi document and an Antarctic mystery that may have lasted for 70 years.

©2015 Simon Rosser (P)2017 David Loving and Simon Rosser

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A smorgasbord of concepts

What did you like best about Melt Zone? What did you like least?

I enjoyed some of the concepts ( Nazi's in Antartica, etc.) Some of the concepts were a scientific and suspension of disbelief stretch, but on balance it was a decent offering.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Aggressive editing.

What aspect of David Loving’s performance would you have changed?

One of my first listens to his work. It was workmanlike, but sometimes inconsistent and over the top. Not bad, not outstanding.

Was Melt Zone worth the listening time?

Somewhat.

Any additional comments?

I received my copy from the author in exchange for this fair and uninfluenced review. Thank you Audioblast.
This is a reasonable offering, with some interesting ideas and a passable performance. Likely worth the credit, but you really need to be into the concepts it covers to want to spend the it. Recommended with those conditions.

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A 250-Page Chase Scene

Sometimes a book gets you with a good tagline or a great cover and is a total letdown. Melt Zone wasn’t a total let down, but it wasn’t the book that I was expecting it to be. I was expecting it to be a lot more about the base and the myth around it instead of being a 250-page chase scene followed by 50 pages of what I expected the book to be about.

With that said, I didn’t hate the book at all. I ended up enjoying it even though most of it was chase scenes and not secret Nazi bases. I don’t know why (maybe since the tagline talks about Antarctic Ice Melt) I thought it was going to be more about the environment or the reasoning behind the melt –but it was much less science and much more obvious reasoning once the readers find out what is going on beneath the surface.

Rosser is able to write really long and drawn out action scenes without them feeling overdone. As I mentioned before the book is pretty much a chase scene, then a little bit or cool down, and then another chase scene. I felt like the car chase scenes in the Bourne movies for a little longer than we needed.

The main character Robert Spire was an interesting one who reminded me a little of a character that Tom Clancy would come up with. He was smart and able to do more than you expected. Upon finishing this book I’m not sure if I’ll go back and read the other books with him in it, but I won’t write them off.

The science and what I’ll call pseudo-science in the book felt realistic and well researched. A lot of the machinery and the enhancements that Rosser talked about in Melt Zone were things that made sense to me (or could make sense if some of the events in the book transpired the way that they were written).

The narration for Melt Zone was done by David Loving who does a pretty fair job with it. There were times that his voice bothered me slightly, but I feel like I was being picky for this entire book. I’ll have to listen to another book by Loving to know if I do or don’t like him as a narrator. The quality was great and I had no issues around that.

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Good read

I enjoyed the further adventures of Robert Spire. The narrator did a nice job. Robert Spire is probably the luckiest guy, as he continues to out smart and out fight the bad guys. Even when the trained career soldiers are taken out like so easily. I look forward to the next chapter in this series.

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Great Escape.

Another good book. A few McGyver moments making for a break for freedom. Enjoyable book, will listen to next one shortly.

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Another brilliant Robert Spire thriller

The author and narrator did another wonderful job bringing Robert Spire to life. In this episode we find Robert investigating an area in Antarctica that is melting. The author spins mystery, suspense and breath taking twists and turns to keep you listening. Just when you think you have it figured out, something new arises. Somehow Robert always seems to survive. This is a must listen audiobook.

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Entertaining

I did not like the narrators voice, I found it annoying. He seemed to race to the end of his paragraph to the point that he was out of breath by the time he got there.

I enjoyed the book on the whole, but I feel like 3/4 of the technical information could have been left out. I feel that it detracted from the story instead of added to it. I found it very boring and tended to tune out for those parts. It felt like it was added just to make the character/author look superior to the reader/listener. I do applaud the author on his research and knowledge, but there are other ways of getting that information through than giving mini lectures on the information throughout the book.

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Well done. Enjoyed every minute

The story was easy to follow including flashbacks. Heroes abound and each heroic act was done as necessary and by the right person for the job.
I never expected the fact that the heat in Antarctica could easily lull you. Enjoy the story

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Great listen and was easy to get engrossed in it.

I loved the tie to Ww2 and all the references of history that was factual!

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Mix Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, & Indiana ,Jones

Melt Zone
A Robert Spire Thriller, Book 3
By: Simon Rosser
Narrated by: David Loving
This is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary. If you mixed Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, & Indiana ,Jones together you would get a similar adventure of Robert Spire! There is a bit of truth, a bit of myth, some science, lots of twists and turns, the possibility of a big disaster, great characters, at least one set of evil after the good guy, high tech toys, lots of action, exotic places, and the good guy is really is a great guy!
The narrator has the perfect voice for this style of book! Perfect! Really enjoyed it!
This is the second book I have listened to and loved both. Just bought the first one too! Can't wait to start it!

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Interesting and Engaging

Melt Zone is an interesting novel that, while it requires some suspension of disbelief, is still quite engaging and interesting. David Loving’s performance paired with Simon Rosser’s manuscript created a story that held my attention, unlike many audiobooks. I did very little rewinding because I’d lost my place, although I did repeat favored portions. I thoroughly enjoyed Melt Zone and recommend it to readers looking for a good action-adventure book.

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