Ice Station by Matthew Reilly  Pan Macmillan, Sydney 1998

Talk about action packed! This is a thick book (611 pages) but most of the story covers little more than 24 hours!

A crack unit of marines happens to be close to Antarctica when their is a distress call from an American base. So Shane Schofield (nickname Scarecrow) leads his team in to help the scientists and child at the base.

There are fights against soldiers, killer whales and Antarctica itself that kept me riveted to this book, and the twists and turns (of characters as well as the plot) kept me guessing.

Reilly has included suspense, intrigue, betrayal, action, adventure, hope and humanity, along with claims of conspiracy and aliens!

Overall, a good entertaining read, where you can’t be sure who will survive and who won’t (not all the good guys do.) I’m looking forward to another Reilly book myself…

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