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The breakout edge-of-your-seat bestseller from Australia's favourite novelist, author of the Jack West Jr series and new novel The One Impossible Labyrinth out now.

"Some of the wildest and most sustained battles in an action thrilled in a long time...non-stop action, lots of explosions--and a little bit of conspiracy." Chicago Tribune

BOOK 1 IN THE SCARECROW SERIES

At a remote ice station in Antarctica, a team of US scientists has found something buried deep within a 100-million-year-old layer of ice. Something made of metal.

In a land without boundaries, there are no rules. Every country would kill for this prize.

A team of crack United States marines is sent to the station to secure the discovery. Their leader - Lieutenant Shane Schofield, call-sign: SCARECROW. They are a tight unit, tough and fearless. They would follow their leader into hell. They just did...

Fans of Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton will love Matthew Reilly.

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708 pages
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10 November 2007
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"Grabs you like seeing a glock pointed at your head. If you want action--and I mean serious action--then pick up Matt Reilly's "Ice Station,""--Richard Marcinko "Some of the wildest and most sustained battles in an action thrilled in a long time...non-stop action, lots of explosions--and a little bit of conspiracy."--"Chicago Tribune" --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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A reissue with new cover in a new format to coincide with Matt's new blockbuster The Five Greatest Warriors --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Matthew Reilly is the international bestselling author of ten novels: Contest, Ice Station, Temple, Area 7, Scarecrow, Hover Car Racer, Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors and Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves, and one novella, Hell Island. His books are published in over 20 languages, with worldwide sales exceeding to 4 million copies. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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At a remote US ice station in Antarctica, a team of scientists has made an amazing discovery. They found something unbelievable buried deep below the surface - trapped inside a layer of ice 400 million years old. Something made of metal...something which shouldn't be there...it's the discovery of a lifetime, a discovery of immeasurable value. And a discovery men will kill for. Led by the enigmatic Lieutenant Shane Schofield, a crack team of US Marines is rushed to the ice station to secure this bizarre discovery for their nation. Meanwhile other countries have developed the same ideas, and are ready to pursue it swiftly and ruthlessly. Fortunately, Schofield's men are a tough unit, all set to follow their leader into hell. They soon discover they just did... 'For lots of lethal violence involving high-tech weaponry. For thrilling escapes from the jaws of death. For cliffhanging suspense on just about every page...Ice Station delivers the action-thriller goods with all the explosive fire power of a machine pistol' West Australian --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GLOBE...

Antarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On the edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself...

IN THE COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH...

A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf, has vanished. Sending out an SOS, Wilkes draws a rapid deployment team of Marines, and someone else...

THE HEAT IS ON...

First comes a horrific firefight. Then comes a plunge into a drowning pool filled with killer whales. Next comes the hard part, as a handful of survivors begin an electrifying, red-hot, non-stop battle of survival across the continent and against wave after wave of elite military assassins -- who've all come for one thing: a secret buried deep beneath the ice... --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Matthew Reilly is the international bestselling author of ten novels: Contest, Ice Station, Temple, Area 7, Scarecrow, Hover Car Racer, Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors and Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves, and one novella, Hell Island. His books are published in over 20 languages, with worldwide sales exceeding to 4 million copies.

--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Matthew Reilly is the international bestselling author of nine novels: Contest, Ice Station, Temple, Area 7, Scarecrow, Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors and Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves, the children's book Hover Car Racer and one novella, Hell Island. His books are published in over 20 languages, with worldwide sales close to 4 million copies. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003R50A0U
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan Australia (10 November 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2144 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 708 pages

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Matthew Reilly is the international bestselling author of eight novels: The 6 Sacred Stones, 7 Deadly Wonders, Ice Station, Temple, Contest, Area 7, Scarecrow, and the children's book Hover Car Racer, and one novella, Hell Island. His books are published in more than eighteen languages in twenty countries, and he has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide.

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michael

very fast action paced.

Reviewed in Australia on 26 June 2020

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I enjoyed this book very much.great work Matthew.

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Penelope Dennis

For action-movie fans only

Reviewed in Australia on 1 March 2021

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So sorry. I tried - I really did and I made it to nearly a third of the way through. But it was all just gung-ho blood and guts, non-stop action with lashings of killer whales and so little characterisation that I really didn't care who lived or died. Not for me.

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Tracey A Zvirblis

Wow!

Reviewed in Australia on 18 August 2020

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I hadn’t read any of Matthew Reilly’s books before & started with this one. It totally took me out of my comfort zone & normal genre. The suspense was amazing. I fell in love with Shane Schofield’s character & can’t wait to listen to more.

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Kindle Customer

great book

Reviewed in Australia on 2 November 2021

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I would recommend this to eveyone young and old regardless of their favourite genre, Matthew Reilly writes greats books and series.

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FrancescaE

Gripping

Reviewed in Australia on 12 November 2021

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I had heard about Matthew Reilly and thought I would give it a try from my normal reading genre. I was taken for the most amazing ride as if I was there as a spectator. Every page I turned, was like being in an action movie, but spoken in words. I will continue reading this style for awhile.

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Anne M

Gripping

Reviewed in Australia on 18 July 2021

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Fast paced, keeps you up late into the night

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Amazon Customer

An improbable plot poorly written.

Reviewed in Australia on 16 November 2020

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A very disappointing read, poorly written, with a puzzling over-use of italics, often used to emphasize the obvious.

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Julie Towner

Worth reading

Reviewed in Australia on 27 July 2021

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Another amazing novel by Matthew Reilly - exciting, action packed to the end.

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Tony Webster

Aged twelve might enjoy this ' boys own' romp.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2020

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I kindle'd this book thinking it would be a seriously adult adventure thriller. I simply couldn't continue reading it after about half-way through. Over long, grisly, impossible action sequences , with a slushy twelve year old girl mixed in ...not for me.

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Quillion

Fun but lacks credibility

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2016

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This is a military action adventure and boy does the author keep the pace going! The book is like a continuous Bond film action sequence. This isn't really a good thing as you need gaps in the action to develop decent characterisation and plot, which this book seriously lacks.

As a Brit I didn't like the fact the SAS are the bad guys in this book.

The book is filled with inconsistencies. For example at one point our hero loses radio contact because he has lost his helmet, which has the radio attached. Then a moment later he receives a radio message through his earpiece! At another point he escapes from some handcuffs using some det cord the bad guys missed in a search and then pulls out a stun grenade and a crossbow that were still in his pockets! So they missed those in the search too! Really?

Annoyingly the author refers to all sorts of imaginary military hardware such as the "maghook and "nitrogen charges" etc. Why? The book would have been so much better if he had decently researched accurate hardware.

It was fun in a rather teenage way, but I doubt I will continue the series. There are far better military action books out there.

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What a roller coaster of a ride!!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 December 2016

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I actually read this book over 10 years ago and absolutely loved it! It was great to be able to read it again. I am a fan of Matthew Reilly as he knows how to weave a good story., and pulls no punches (although somewhat far fetched, but who cares!). He pulls you into the story and you can feel yourself right there. As this is the first in the series of Scarecrow you get to know about all the characters and you can't but not like Scarecrow in his quest for taking out the baddies who want world domination! In Ice Station you have Scarecrow and team heading to Antarctica - there is something hidden in the ice that has now caused concern and all the nation's want a part of it. Hold onto your seats as you are in for one hell of a story, and it could be hell getting there and back out again. I would highly recommended this book to anyone who wants to just escape, but beware once started you won't be able to put it down!

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Fast paced but hard to believe in places

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 December 2017

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The story was fast paced but it seemed to contradict its self. If describes 50 commands as the best in the world and then they act like they Have never been in combat. There were too many coincidences in the book the hero need a bomb he finds one. How can you fight under water with a broken nose and a cracked rib . The start of the story say you can't fly in as it is too cold and the fuel will freeze but by the end if the book they have a dog fight. It starts off well but the more you read at some point you will say "really"

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Stevie K

A good read at the start, which then became a fairytale.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2017

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Scarecrow and his merry bad of marines do battle in the Antarctic, with many enemies, both human and mammal. This started out as a good exciting story, but half way through it started to get a little bit silly with the surviving against odds. I did laugh in parts and where probably I shouldn't have been. I gave it 3 stars as it kept me entertained on a long flight.

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