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#28425 in Audible 2010-08-03Format: UnabridgedOriginal language:EnglishRunning time: 1008 minutes | File size: 29.Mb

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child : The Ice Limit before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised The Ice Limit:

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. a genuine unexpected pleasureBy William HighfieldI've read quite a few Preston / Child Books. Most are diabolical and horrible things happen to people. I reached a point where I was saturated with that kind of book. However, The Ice Limit is a different kind of book altogether. It involves a scientific expedition to recover a meteorite from the Cape Horn Islands. But things are not what they thought they would be and the expedition veers ever more uncontrollably toward disaster.I've read this book numerous times and even though I know what will happen the quality of storytelling is so good that I find myself reading just to enjoy the characters. the surroundings, and the situations as they develop in that inhospitable part of the world. One of my favorite books! Preston and child are the best of writers.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great adventure!By Jarratt BryanI read this book years ago and, other than recalling I liked it, remembered little to nothing about it. Except the last few words. And they were a stunner.I decided to read it again because Preston and Child recently published the a sequel: .The story tells of a very wealthy man who wishes to create a like none other. He hears of a strange discovery off the coast of Chile and learns it's the largest meteorite even found. He enlists the help of Eli Glenn and his company, Effective Engineering Solutions (EES), to unearth the meteorite, get it onto a converted oil tanker, and bring it back to New York where the new museum is located. What follows is an amazing story of triumph, failure, and adventure. I've waited a LONG time to see what happens. In a few moments, I'll begin finding out...0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Well defined, but flawed characters in a battle to survive.By H. A. FriedmanI ordered the Ice Limit because I enjoy the Agent Pendergast books written by Preston and Childs. I thought it was possible that this might be a stinker without my favorite FBI agent, but generally speaking, good authors are very good.I did enjoy the book. I liked the fact that the story is well written with excellent use of words and grammar. The reader is wonderful and the voices of the different characters were very distinct. The story also goes in a straight line. These days most authors think we need a half-dozen plots, killers, spies, all-powerful secret organizations, etc. That just makes the story hard to read and the characters get lost in all the confusion. This story is straightforward. A rich collector wants an ancient giant rock that fell in Chile; How to get it?The first half of the book is just about getting to Chile. We have lots of hints of what is to come. We are told that an early finder was killed mysteriously. Does this rock defend itself? Is it a flying saucer as in “The thing,” or a space ship with consciousness like “Five Million Years to Earth?” The Museum of Natural History in New York City is mentioned a few times which made me think of an earlier adventure in “The Relic.” The crew of the ship sent to rescue the rock is made up of good, but flawed individuals. There is a ship’s captain who grounded her last ship on a reef, a meteor hunter who to his regret was involved in smuggling in the past, and a mission planner who lost his unit in Vietnam. All want to do right but have failed at some point.The ship is a brand new tanker, specially built, made to look like an old wreck so as not to draw attention. Early in the narrative we are told about the dangers of the area around Antarctica and we immediately start to see what must be the plot. The ship will get the rock, the rock must effect the ship is some way so it is powerless in Antarctica. Why else tell use all about the danger? Will that happen or have we been fed a red herring? Only time will tell.So, the first half of the book we have been introduced to most of the major characters, and we have finally arrived in Chilean waters where the local military and police might have to be bribed to stay away. About the middle of the book we finally get to see the object and they threw me a curve-ball. I was wrong (maybe). Looking back, there was a hint of what it might be but I paid no attention to it. It was almost a throw-away. OK, I need to pay more attention to details.As the book concludes there is a sea battle with a mad Chilean naval officer, a terrible storm that can rip a ship apart, and sudden activity from the rock. There is no happy ending. It is disaster after disaster. What is the rock? Is it dead or alive? Is it a threat to all life on Earth? If so, how to kill it? No easy answers here!

The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At 4,000 tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.

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