Will I love Ice Station?

With this stunning introduction to Shane “Scarecrow” Schofield, Reilly hits the heights of adventure like few before him.

The action is non-stop and just when you think you have a chance to breathe, the frigid Antarctic conditions rear their head. Not so much a full on foe, as a general hindrance, I loved Ice Station because Reilly’s sparse descriptions of the landscape and inhospitable weather were just enough to bring a sympathetic shiver to me before the action kicked off again.

Ice Station was the first novel I read by Matthew Reilly.

Being jam-packed full of action, with tonnes of cliffhangers at the end of each chapter made it impossible to put it down. This proved to be quite counter-productive as I was meant to be engrossed in my studies at university at the time. But, oh man, what a book! 

Written by a fellow Australian, who has continued to write an abundance of action-packed novels and even direct a film, Ice Station will captivate the reader who loves explosions, gun battles, and never ceasing suspense.

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