Beneath the Dark Ice. Greig Beck
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330534161 (0330534165)
Publish date: August 1st 2011
Publisher: Pan Publishing
Edition language: English
Series: Alex Hunter (#1)
An action packed read but the characters were much too cartoony to be very compelling or interesting.
Not bad at all. Alex Hunter, badass marine (or HAWC’s as they are referred to in the book) with a interesting twist making him a bit more than a “ordinary” commando solder. This caught my interest fairly early on in the book.They are sent on a rescue mission deep under the Antarctic ice where the di...
Fast paced and fun sci-fi adventure with some mild horror elements. I went through this one in a day so I'm already lining up the rest of the series. Scott Sigler fans would probably be in their comfort zone with this book.
To get to the point, the book on a whole was a little below average. It took to pages 190 - 200 to get interesting. This was Greig Becks biggest downfall with the writing side of things. The intro was somewhat captivating but after that, every subsequent page was like grinding teeth until it got int...
Let me preface this review by saying that one of my favorite books of all time is an action/adventure novel set in Antarctica. So I was trying so hard not to compare them. Trying hard (sighs dramatically)!When you read a new author, there is always that 'getting to know each other' period that can ...
12 years ago
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