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Ice Station/Hell Island
Ice Station
Anarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself... 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... 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...
Hell Island
There is no hell like a man-made one... It is an island that doesn't appear on any maps. A secret location where classified experiments have been conducted. Experiments that have gone terribly wrong...When all contact with this mystery island is inexplicably lost, four crack special-forces units are brought in, their mission being to land on Hell Island and discover what has happened. Nothing can prepare them for what they find there. You could say they've just entered hell. Only that would be too gentle."
Anarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself... 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... 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...
Hell Island
There is no hell like a man-made one... It is an island that doesn't appear on any maps. A secret location where classified experiments have been conducted. Experiments that have gone terribly wrong...When all contact with this mystery island is inexplicably lost, four crack special-forces units are brought in, their mission being to land on Hell Island and discover what has happened. Nothing can prepare them for what they find there. You could say they've just entered hell. Only that would be too gentle."
689 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1899
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About the author
Matthew Reilly
68 books6,258 followersBorn in Sydney in 1974, Matthew Reilly was not always a big fan of reading. It was only after he read To Kill A Mockingbird and Lord of the Flies in Year 10 that he realised reading could transport you to another world. Following this revelation, Matthew soon began creating stories of his own and set about writing his first novel, Contest, at the age of 19 while still at university studying law.
Following rejections from all the major publishers, Matthew self-published Contest in 1996, printing 1000 copies. He produced a big-budget-looking novel which he sold into bookshops throughout Sydney, one shop at a time.
In January 1997, a Commissioning Editor for Pan Macmillan Australia walked into Angus & Robertson's Pitt Street Mall store and bought a copy of Contest. The editor tracked Matthew down through his contact details in the front of the book. Interestingly, those original self-published editions of Contest have now become much sought after collectors' items. One recently sold on eBay for $1200!
Matthew Reilly is now the internationally bestselling author of the Scarecrow novels: Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves and the novella Hell Island; the Jack West novels: Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors, The Four Legendary Kingdoms, and The Three Secret Cities; and the standalone novels Contest, Temple, Hover Car Racer, The Tournament, Troll Mountain, The Great Zoo of China and The Secret Runners of New York.
His books are published in over 20 languages with worldwide sales of over 7 million copies.
Since Seven Ancient Wonders in 2005, Matthew's novels have been the biggest selling new fiction title released in Australia for that year.
Matthew has also written several short stories, including Roger Ascham and the King's Lost Girl, a special free prequel to The Tournament which is available online. Other short stories include Time Tours, The Mine and the hyper-adrenalised romp, Altitude Rush.
He owns and drives a DeLorean DMC-12, the car made famous in the Back to the Future movies. He also has a life-sized Han Solo in carbonite hanging on the wall of his office! When not writing or penning a film script, Matthew can be found on the golf course.
Matthew Reilly is currently living in Los Angeles.
(source: Amazon)
Following rejections from all the major publishers, Matthew self-published Contest in 1996, printing 1000 copies. He produced a big-budget-looking novel which he sold into bookshops throughout Sydney, one shop at a time.
In January 1997, a Commissioning Editor for Pan Macmillan Australia walked into Angus & Robertson's Pitt Street Mall store and bought a copy of Contest. The editor tracked Matthew down through his contact details in the front of the book. Interestingly, those original self-published editions of Contest have now become much sought after collectors' items. One recently sold on eBay for $1200!
Matthew Reilly is now the internationally bestselling author of the Scarecrow novels: Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves and the novella Hell Island; the Jack West novels: Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors, The Four Legendary Kingdoms, and The Three Secret Cities; and the standalone novels Contest, Temple, Hover Car Racer, The Tournament, Troll Mountain, The Great Zoo of China and The Secret Runners of New York.
His books are published in over 20 languages with worldwide sales of over 7 million copies.
Since Seven Ancient Wonders in 2005, Matthew's novels have been the biggest selling new fiction title released in Australia for that year.
Matthew has also written several short stories, including Roger Ascham and the King's Lost Girl, a special free prequel to The Tournament which is available online. Other short stories include Time Tours, The Mine and the hyper-adrenalised romp, Altitude Rush.
He owns and drives a DeLorean DMC-12, the car made famous in the Back to the Future movies. He also has a life-sized Han Solo in carbonite hanging on the wall of his office! When not writing or penning a film script, Matthew can be found on the golf course.
Matthew Reilly is currently living in Los Angeles.
(source: Amazon)
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April 26, 2022
I really, really enjoyed reading the first story, "Ice Station." Despite it being around 700 pages long, I flew through it as the non-stop action kept me hooked right from the start.
If this book were a movie, it would be a Michael Bay one.
While anyone person surviving everything which happened, let alone a group of them, is *highly* unrealistic, I still loved it. Probably because there was enough that was unknown to keep me intrigued as something that is introduced in the first chapter takes ages to be fully addressed, but that's because we're too busy dealing with all kinds of other things that come up.
I do also love books that cross genres. This one is mostly actions, but there's a lot of psychology (in how people & groups behave in particular situations), a dash of sci-fi and a dose of mystery and intrigue too. All of which pulls you along.
The second story, "Hell Island," wasn't nearly as good. At first I was surprised it was even put together with "Ice Station" as the first one is so long, but once I started it I knew. It deals with some of the same characters. As a far shorter story, clocking in at only just over 100 pages in a far larger font, it isn't long enough to be its own book. Some of the same elements are there, but not quite enough which, along with some inconsistencies (how'd a particular someone regain her lower leg?!), was enough to pull this from a 4.5 star to a 4 for me.
But I'd definitely recommend "Ice Station" if you like action with a military cast. Oh, and there are actually female characters who are proper characters too!
If this book were a movie, it would be a Michael Bay one.
While anyone person surviving everything which happened, let alone a group of them, is *highly* unrealistic, I still loved it. Probably because there was enough that was unknown to keep me intrigued as something that is introduced in the first chapter takes ages to be fully addressed, but that's because we're too busy dealing with all kinds of other things that come up.
I do also love books that cross genres. This one is mostly actions, but there's a lot of psychology (in how people & groups behave in particular situations), a dash of sci-fi and a dose of mystery and intrigue too. All of which pulls you along.
The second story, "Hell Island," wasn't nearly as good. At first I was surprised it was even put together with "Ice Station" as the first one is so long, but once I started it I knew. It deals with some of the same characters. As a far shorter story, clocking in at only just over 100 pages in a far larger font, it isn't long enough to be its own book. Some of the same elements are there, but not quite enough which, along with some inconsistencies (how'd a particular someone regain her lower leg?!), was enough to pull this from a 4.5 star to a 4 for me.
But I'd definitely recommend "Ice Station" if you like action with a military cast. Oh, and there are actually female characters who are proper characters too!
October 9, 2023
This was sooo good, wham bam, the thrills just kept on coming. Bitter sweet as I have now read all his book and have to patiently wait for him to pen the next….. my absolute favourite author, thank you so much Mr Reilly xxxxx . Thankfully my second best (James Rollins has a new one out, phew)…
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October 2, 2013Great book, really enjoyed reading it.
July 11, 2013
Loved this book, but what can I say I love they way Matthew Reilly wirtes
April 1, 2014
Awesome Books that are great to read
June 27, 2020
Great airplane book with nonstop action! Character development leads something to be desired and there are plenty of cliches (characters, lines, etc) but overall, great entertainment!
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