What happens when civilians stumble upon a spacecraft, buried under millions of years of Antarctic Ice?
What happens when three different countries intercept their cry for help?
The scientists at Wilkes Ice Station had sacrificed two of their best divers to find out just what was buried under 100-million years worth of Antarctic Ice. The distress signal went out, and now US Marine Lieutenant Shane Schofield and his crack team of Soldiers must race to defend the discovery of a lifetime for his country. But two other elite forces think otherwise.
Armed only with what they can carry, and opposing forces that are more than ten times their size, the US Marines must fight for their lives while protecting the ship and Wilkes Ice Station. Time is running out, and the odds are stacked up against Schofield coming out on top.
" More explosive than Die Hard, and faster than Speed, Ice Station will take you on the ride of your life. "
Ice Station has rocketed to the tops of the Australian Charts, and entered the New York Times Bestseller list at 28. It has been the center of attention for movie rights throughout Hollywood.
Matthew Reilly was born in Sydney on July 2, 1974. He is the author of the international blockbusters, Ice Station, Temple, Contest and, as of September this year, Area-7.
In 1994, at age 19, Matthew Reilly completed his first novel, a thriller called Contest (he wrote it while he was doing the first year of his Law degree). He offered Contest to all of the major publishers in Sydney - who all rejected it.
When landscaper Mitchell Rafferty’s wife is kidnapped, he thinks there must be some terrible mistake, but there isn’t. The kidnapper demands two million dollars…money that Mitchell doesn’t have. In the desperate and deadly game that ensues, Mitchell discovers just how much he would do and what crimes he would commit in the name of love.
Dean Koontz knows how to grab his readers by the throat.
Five years on from the event, John Corey of the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, sets about investigating the mystery. Suspecting a cover up, he breaks all the rules in an attempt to finally discover the truth. What he learns could rock the entire military establishment, should it ever get out.