Ice Station (1998)

First suspend all your disbelief and critical thinking, switch off most laws of nature, buckle up real tight, and enjoy the adrenaline. I give it one and a half stars for the story, one extra star for the completely bonkers exhausting ride. By God, I'm probably even going to the next book in the series.
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First suspend all your disbelief and critical thinking, switch off most laws of nature, buckle up real tight, and enjoy the adrenaline. I give it one and a half stars for the story, one extra star for the completely bonkers exhausting ride. By God, I'm probably even going to the next book in the series.
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It’s like a Hollywood action movie only without the popcorn…and for the duration of the “movie” the impossible and unlikely becomes your new reality. I’m not a real big sci-fi fan but I find these books to be absolutely brilliant. If you want to just escape for a few hours, or days, or weeks…take Matthew Reilly’s Shane Schofield with you…and remember that it’s only fiction. ( )

This book introduces Lieutenant Shane "Scarecrow" Schofield. The story involves the response by a crack team of marines to a distress call from an Antarctic research station saying they have found a spaceship. Unfortunately they are not the only ones to pick up the signal.

This book is non-stop action from beginning to end. The first half is excellent, with the tension never letting up, but as the end draws near I found some of the situations too unbelievable. Then I realized......this is an action adventure book so just suspend your belief and go for the gusto.

Ice Station is a military thriller in every sense of the word. It is over-the-top, packed full of action and is just a lot of fun to read. If you want realism, look somewhere else. The characters are quickly introduced and brief backgrounds are given. Once the stage has been set, it is off to the races and what a race it is. The author is not big on character development, although there is some background and growth in the Ice Station, its only in retrospect. The main focus of Reilly's novels is action. When I'm next in the mood for something that screams action/adventure I'm definitely going to pick up the next book in Reilly's Scarecrow series.
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Yeah... it was exciting... but come on, it was just absurdly unbelievable! ( )