Ice Station - Hardcover

Reilly, Matthew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312205511 ISBN 13: 9780312205515

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1999

Synopsis

The discovery of a large metal object buried in a one-hundred-million-year-old layer of ice unleashes an international competition that will bring a determined team of U.S. Marines to the Antarctic to secure the find. 25,000 first printing.

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From the Back Cover:

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GLOBE...

Antarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On the edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself...

IN THE COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH...

A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf, has vanished. Sending out an SOS, Wilkes draws a rapid deployment team of Marines, and someone else...

THE HEAT IS ON...

First comes a horrific firefight. Then comes a plunge into a drowning pool filled with killer whales. Next comes the hard part, as a handful of survivors begin an electrifying, red-hot, non-stop battle of survival across the continent and against wave after wave of elite military assassins -- who've all come for one thing: a secret buried deep beneath the ice...

About the Author:

Matthew Reilly is the bestselling author of Temple, Area 7, Scarecrow, Contest, Hell Island, Seven Ancient Wonders, Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors and Hover Car Racer. More than 3.5 million copies of his thrillers have been sold around the world, and he has also written several screenplays and published several magazine articles. Reilly was born in 1974 and studied law at the University of New South Wales. He lives in Sydney, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312205511
• ISBN 13: 9780312205515
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 390