The Ice Limit

By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrated by: Scott Brick

The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At 4,000 tons, this treasure seems impossible to move.

New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.

Dull narration makes mediocre storyline worse

I am a huge fan of these authors....I was very disappointed in this book. A large part of the problem was the narration. The narrator was almost monotone in the delivery with very little range. He adopted a seriousness of tone that was never modulated during the ups and downs of the plot.

Also, the plot was not up to the authors' usual page turner. I found myself listening to this on my commute each day because I didn't have another new book to listen to. My advise would be to save your credits for the next Pendergast novel. If you are new to these authors', start with the first Pendergast and go through the series. You will not be disappointed.

Don't skip this one.

An excellent book, kept me glued to it the entire way. Nice ending also...

This is why I love Preston and Child

Amazing characters, truly suspensful action, and the plot developed with such tension that I couldn't tear myself away. I think I'm a fairly picky reader, but I am looking for other books just like this one to read.

A Decent Thriller with Good Character Development

This was a decent action thriller with some nice twists and turns that keeps one listening and the pages (so to speak) turning. I found the science and engineering intriguing and believable. While listening I would find myself researching some of the principles and facts to verify and understand them better.

Character development was fairly deep and was a major part of the book as it lends to the plots and action of the book.

Scott Bricks narration is unique if you have not listened to a book narrated by him before. His intonation is very particular and could turn some people off. Listen to the sample to see if you fall into this category.

Death by Narrator

What did you like best about The Ice Limit? What did you like least?

The story might have been better but the narrator got in the way

How could the performance have been better?

I unfortunately have now listened to two of this narrators books. Big mistake. The old "fool me once" jibe comes to mind but I apparently did not get the narrators name in my mind when I downloaded the book. There is no hope for this narrator ~ it is his natural way and it sucks!