Night Without End

by Margaret Naudi (Retold by), Alistair MacLean

On the Polar ice-cap, 640 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, the deadly, icy winds can freeze a man to death in minutes. But the survivors of the crashed airliner are lucky - they are rescued by three scientists from a nearby weather station. But why did the airliner crash in the first place? Who smashed the radio to pieces? And why does the dead pilot have a bullet hole in his back? The rescue quickly turns into a a race through the endless Arctic night, a race against time, cold, hunger - and a killer with a gun.

Genres: Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2009

Reviews

[Ricky · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of my favourite Alistair MacLean books; it’s a great thriller and captures the cold harsh conditions brilliantly. Great characters and fantastic plot.

[VoyaG · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some weeks ago, I read ‘Night Without End’ written by Alistair Maclean. It was a really good book and I could really empathize myself in it. It was also a page-turner because I read the book in less than three hours.
The book is about a plane that crashes somewhere on the Polar ice-cap near a weather station. When the scientists heard that something was wrong with the plane, they immediately decided to leave their weather station and go help the people who were on the plane when it crashed. So the three scientists took all their warm clothes and some extra too for the eventual plane crash survivors. After starting to help the survivors they found out that the pilot had been shot in the head and there were some other things that didn’t seem right. Now they know that the pilot has been killed, all the survivors and scientists have to find out which survivor is the killer.
I really liked the book because the story was really exciting and I couldn’t stop reading. In my opinion there weren’t any downsides in the book, so I would recommend everyone to read this thrilling book and I would give it a five star rating.

[Milan De · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a British airlines airplane that crash landed on the Polar ice cap,far away from its usual route to iceland.
Luckely three scientific researchers who worked near the crash site were there to rescue the surviving passengers. They found four dead men on the plane, but the two pilots died from bullets and not from the crash.
The ten survivors seems ordinary people but are they? There are so many questions to solve.
First of all the only way to ask for help (a radio) is broken by someone of the survivors, another injured man is murdered. Why were none of the passengers wearing seat belts in the plane? Were they drugged because they all had a dazed look in their eyes and their reactions were very slow. And last but not least who killed the pilots and why?
With not enough food for everyone and no hope for rescue the leader of the research team decides that he had to look for help.
Meanwhile they discover that the plane was carrying something very important. So important that people wanted to kill for it.
With the help of an old tractor they looked for help through temperatures 40 degrees below zero, throught ice and wind storms and over rough terrain.
The final challenge will be: finding and arresting the ruthless murderers of this awful plane crash.

This book is a good thriller and keeps your attention from the beginning until the end. It is enjoyable reading for anyone who likes adventure, action and mystery.
The book is worth reading because it keeps you on the edge of your seat and let you guessing until the very end, and every guess you make is wrong.
For me it could be a true story. I wish that someone would even make a movie out of it.

[Romy Gielen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story begins when an airplane crashed on the Polar ice cap, some 640 kilometres of the Arctic Circel.
there ware three others people to help the surviving passengers. They found four dead people on the plane. the two pilots died from bullets and not from the crash. Someone fired those bullets to the plane. The surviving passengers looks normal at the beginning, but more to the end you get to know them better.


They have a radio to ask for help , but the radio is broken and another man is dead. You can ask so many questions, like why were nobody of the passengers wearing seat belts on the flight? It looks like they took some drug. And who killed the pilots?


there was not enough food for everybody and no hope. Together they went looking for help. On the plane there was something important and maybe that’s the reason why the plane crashed.
They had to survive temperatures 40 degrees below zero , cold wind and lots of ice and snow. On the end you know why the plane crashed and how they survived.


If you like excitement and adventure than is tis book something for you. You can read it easily. Once you start reading the book you don’t want to stop anymore. It will remains until the end.

[saeedeh · Rating 4 out of 5]

You have no idea how good this 102 pages thriller was in comparison to some 400-500 pages crime-fiction books I've read recently!!

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

The survivors of a plane crash in the polar ice cap are lucky enough to have scientists nearby to rescue. However, while searching the plane for clues as to why the plane crashed, the scientists discover that the pilot was shot...

As a mystery book, the Night Without End is one my favorite books. The authors uses good words to represent the situation in the book as it gets harsher and harsher until the killer is finally revealed.

[Basher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. Seriously. This book, is one of the few books which I have read twice. I swear, it is just splendid. The story, the characters, just, I love all of this book.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the Oxford bookworms version.

I really liked the story, it's a bit short... but a good plot.
There are some things that I found obvious but some things left me thinking, which is what I like.

I recommend this story for people who like thrillers.

[Swem CV · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy pero muy padre!! Un excelente libro lleno de trama y misterio.

[Saja Zeaiter · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5⭐
this was very average

[Linde Massant · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok but like again just for my Goodreads and to get out of my reading slump

[Hakob Sargsyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it is the best story

[Irene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este libro, es otro de los libros que estoy leyendo para ir poco a poco aprendiendo más inglés y adentrándome a leer en este idioma. Es un libro muy cortito, de apenas unas 80-90 páginas para leer y las últimas son de actividades. Ha pesar de ser del nivel 6, ha sido una lectura bastante facililla, con un nivel de inglés sencillo. No me ha costado mucho leer, y la historia ha estado entretenida.
Night without end trata sobre tres compañeros que están en una estación de tiempo, o no sé como llamarla, en el Círculo Polar Ártico. Mientras están allí, oyen un gran estruendo y presencian cómo un avión choca justo a un kilómetro de su estación. Según se va desarrollando la historia, nuestro protagonista va descubriendo que no ha sido del todo un accidente, y que hay un asesino entre ellos.
Es una historia narrada en primera persona desde el pinto de vista de nuestro protagonista. Se lee bastante rápido. Es una lectura amena, que bueno, es para eso, para aprender un poco más de ingles. La verdad es que la historia para mí, no ha sido ni fú ni fá, ha estado entretenida, pero hasta ahí. No cero que lo lea en su versión normal, porque tampoco es que me haya llamado mucho la atención. El libro es un thriller, donde hay un asesino y todos son sospechosos y esas cosas, aunque la verdad, es que me ha mantenido un poco enganchada tratando de descubrir quién era el asesino. Alguien que ni yo misma me esperaba.
En conclusión: Night without end en su versión adaptada es un libro idóneo para tratar de aprender más inglés y para sumergirte en el mundo de la lectura en inglés.

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[Dath Pinith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Night Without End by Magaret Naudi delivers a thrilling and mysterious story to th readers. In the story three sciencetist are working in a research center at Greenland. Unexpectedly, a plane crashed closed to the research center. The sciencetist went out in to the snow storm and manage to save some of the survivors. Not only the plane flew out of its route, the captain of the plane was also shot in the back. The crash was not an acident. Tbere's something more to it. Only one night after the rescue, their on way of contacting the outside world, their radio transmiter, was destroy and one surviving of passenger was killed. The scientist had to make a decision. If they had stayed at the center longer more people would have to die. How could they find the criminal? How could they save the other survivors and theirselves? In the end the decided to take on a journey to the coast and get help. Leaving one of the scientists at the center to fix the radio and contact for help to meet at the coast.

[Ha Trinh · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting book that kept me turning the pages non-stopping :P I like the way dramatic events were built up and I felt like watching the movie while reading the text. The only thing I didnt like about this fiction is that the character wasnt described well enough for me to cling their name with their images. I had to turn back the pages, like many times, to really recall who was this person being mentioned.

[Namiko]

The plot is good.The characters are interesting but there are few descriptions so I wanted to know more about them. I wonder whether that is because it is a simplified one or not.

[Afaf Afaf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, really an amazing novel. I really like it .. I'll read it again. Thanks

I've read it again .. I like it more now