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Summary: These guys have yet to fail me...
Review: You can always count on these guys to write a great book. While it may be a little worse than "this" book, or a little better than "that" book, the fact remains that it's still a great book. As stated below... the tried and true formula is here in full force. I don't really know what else to say... if you like the previous 5 books, you'll like this one just as much. If you've never read a Preston/Child book... I would suggest beginning with Relic as it is the book that they began with. Popular opinion among preston/child fans seems to be against Thunderhead though that one is close to the top on my list right under Riptide.
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Summary: Their best since Relic
Review: This is the authors' best work since the Relic/Reliquary double-header. The writing is, as always, quick and straightforward. One of the characters presented here, Eli Glinn, is seemingly infailable as an engineer who foresees every conceivable twist in events. Will he remain immune to failure on this almost impossible task in the most inhabitable of nature's elements? Rich man Lloyd Palmer foots the bill and expects miracles for his money. Meteor hunter Sam McFarland, the main protagonist in this story, seems like the only person accustomed to a life with a struggle.This is a must read for any Preston/Child fan and a great intro to readers who are not familiar with their breathtaking opening to closing style of story telling.
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Summary: Preston & Child hit another homerun!
Review: With The Ice Limit, Preston and Child again have written a fabulous and exciting story worth your time and money. This is their best effort since Mount Dragon. The characters were compelling and the story was, as always, interesting and different. I didn't put it down until it was finished.
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Summary: Good read and better quality than lots of other "thrillers"
Review: A good adventure book with eccentric, but believable characters (with the exception of the Chilean comandante) and enough science and background information to keep you interested. As good as Thunderhead, better than Riptide. But what is a really phantastic book is "Endurance" which is mentioned in Thunderhead (it`s the book that the nerdy scientiest is always reading ... and I think there were some traces of it in the latter pages of The Ice Limit)It`s by Alfred Lansing and I can really recommend it!
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Summary: Unrealized potential
Review: THE ICE LIMIT is not equal to Michael Crichton at his best, but is almost at the same level of Crichton's TIMELINE, and CONGO. It is a fairly standard adventure tale wrapped in a small amount of science. THE ICE LIMIT follows an expedition to the hostile environment of the Horn Islands at the Southern tip of South America as they try to retrieve a very mysterious meteorite. Neither the characters nor the story live up to the potential of the premiss. I never became emotionally involved with any of central characters. Indeed, some characters seem to MIA at various points in the book. The apparent central character, Dr. Sam Mc Farland, never materializes as a moving force within the story. The dynamics between Mc Farland, a professional outcast and loose cannon, and Eli Glinn, the precise leader of the expedition, fizzle. It is a central character arc which goes unrealized. The adventure plot is mechanical and telegraphed. Like CONGO and TIMELINE, it culminates in an ultimately unsatisfying ending, with only the last line of the book of interest.
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Summary: Preston and Child take it to the limit!
Review: Who would have ever thought that meteor hunting could be so gosh darn interesting? Multi-billionaire Palmer Lloyd has learned of the existence of a huge meteorite on a tiny island south of Tierra Del Fuego. He hires a team of engineering specialists and a controversial planetary geologist to seek it out and bring it home in one piece to his private museum. The team must overcome numerous obstacles to load the incredibly heavy meteor aboard their specially designed ship. Just when it seems they have accomplished the impossible, a disgruntled Chilean Naval Commander pursues them with one sole intent - blowing their ship out of the water! An exciting story with non-stop suspense and action. Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston are the best techno-thriller tag team on the planet. Nobody does it better. The ending was a bit of a surprise. Could their be a sequel in the works?
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Summary: THRILLS UNLIMITED
Review: For those who favor thrillers in an exotic setting here's an extraordinary tale about the largest meteorite ever found just off the coast of Chile. Billionaire Palmer Lloyd wants this prize for his museum. Retrieving it from a spot where visitors aren't welcome is a challenge. However, the disparate team assembled in this science laced adventure may be up to that challenge and more. Scott Brick renders a suspenseful, perfectly paced reading.
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Summary: A great effort from a superior team, however...
Review: Preston & Child are once again in top form. I didn't especially like Thunderhead, so this new book pleases me with its return to strong science. I think it is among their best written, however, the ending just kind of stops. If the ending was more detailed and provided more resolution, this would be their best ever. It just begs for a sequel!
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Summary: Well worth reading.
Review: Billionaire, Palmer Lloyd wants to snatch a meteor that fell on an island owned by Chile without the government's knowledge. However, there are a number of problems. This super dense rock probably came from a collapsing star. Only about 25 feet across, it weighs 25,000 tons or almost 6 tons per cubic foot. Moving it would be a task compared to the making of the great pyramids. Touching the meteor is also fatal because it is a superconductor at room temperature. However, only some people are killed. Finding out why will be the key to everyone's survival. Naval Comandante Vallenar of Chile is not fooled by the phony mining claim that was the mask that hid the true mission. The meteor was placed on a modified oil tanker named the Rolvaag which ends up being chased by Vallenar's outdated but still lethal destroyer. The Rolvaag heads for rough water, the Ice Limit, where warmer ocean currents meet the freezing waters that surround Antarctica, an area oceanographers call the Antarctic Convergence. Vallenar has some tricks of his own, and the end of the story has an unexpected twist.
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Summary: A very Familiar Plot
Review: If you don't mind seeing the same plot by the same authors, as in Grisham's "southern lawyer" books, then you will LOVE this book. If you are a fan of this pair of authors and enjoyed all of their works so far....get ready to sit down with one of their best. The latest release from Preston and Childs is very much like their earlier work,"Riptide". They both had similar plots , searching for a mysterious treasure on a desolate island, and similar characters as well. The book was a bit more intriguing , however ,and moved along at a very fast clip. The characters were strangly similar to those in "Jurassic Park", (mathemetician,an old collecter, scientists and archeological experts). The main differences in this book is the main " character" is a metiorite, and there are alot of seabound scenes that got you downright seasick. It had a ton of action and suspence and provoked your interest in the lead characters beyond just what they were doing on the mission. I am amazed at how the authors always seem to "get you lost" in their books, and they never fail to disappoint. If it's a great suspence novel you seek...check this one out.
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