This book took me some getting into. About five chapters in, I was finally able to grasp the story line. The chapters are busted up into smaller sections, so it is easy to find stopping places.
I felt in the beginning there were a lot of characters, situations and big vocabulary to get through. The author is a very intelligent lady, so it comes out in her wording.
I primarily bought this book for my interest or rather obsession with the Antarctic. After the five chapters I can say I was deff into the story.
I enjoyed hearing about the Bettington Station. A station that actually exists in real life. A place where the explorers from long ago, built, lived and stayed, then abandoned. Inside the station it is a trip into time, it's like a museum, as all of the things the men had with them are still there, including the food they left behind. Due to the cold temperatures, things are exactly as they were. In this story a few characters end up there and I enjoyed the descriptions about the place.
Primarily the story is about a father and son duo, money hungry, power seeking Chinese men who want to tow back bits of blown away glacial ice, so that it can be put into a grinder, melted down and given to the Chinese people as a new fresh water source. A resource highly prized due to the dirty, polluted waters of China. Though these men do not really care for the citizens of their own country, they instead seek the billions they could make, selling the water. Given that no one owns or can claim Antarctic, no government can take its resources for its own, these men have found a way to get around the rules by killing everyone in the way. Playing Masters of the Universe.
I liked the book, but you deff have to pay attention or you can get lost along the way side. It had a very exciting ending though.
I do recommend this book to people who enjoy thrillers or Crime, or interested in the Antarctic. I loved the descriptions of the ice, the wild life, the cold and the stations which are all mainly true to life.
I felt in the beginning there were a lot of characters, situations and big vocabulary to get through. The author is a very intelligent lady, so it comes out in her wording.
I primarily bought this book for my interest or rather obsession with the Antarctic. After the five chapters I can say I was deff into the story.
I enjoyed hearing about the Bettington Station. A station that actually exists in real life. A place where the explorers from long ago, built, lived and stayed, then abandoned. Inside the station it is a trip into time, it's like a museum, as all of the things the men had with them are still there, including the food they left behind. Due to the cold temperatures, things are exactly as they were. In this story a few characters end up there and I enjoyed the descriptions about the place.
Primarily the story is about a father and son duo, money hungry, power seeking Chinese men who want to tow back bits of blown away glacial ice, so that it can be put into a grinder, melted down and given to the Chinese people as a new fresh water source. A resource highly prized due to the dirty, polluted waters of China. Though these men do not really care for the citizens of their own country, they instead seek the billions they could make, selling the water. Given that no one owns or can claim Antarctic, no government can take its resources for its own, these men have found a way to get around the rules by killing everyone in the way. Playing Masters of the Universe.
I liked the book, but you deff have to pay attention or you can get lost along the way side. It had a very exciting ending though.
I do recommend this book to people who enjoy thrillers or Crime, or interested in the Antarctic. I loved the descriptions of the ice, the wild life, the cold and the stations which are all mainly true to life.
