| Shane Schofield is a leader of an elite United States front line team who ‘stumble' upon a distress signal sent by scientists at a remote ice station in the middle of nowhere. The story begins as scientists discover something buried deep underground in a 100 million-year-old block of ice, something made of metal. They soon require assistance and it turns into a rescue mission when they discover that the divers sent to explore the metallic object in the ice are ripped to pieces by something, something not human. When multiple countries discovered the distress signal they all prepare to 'acquire' this piece of 'advanced technology' through all means possible.
But Shane Schofield and his team are on the scene first. Soon after Shane's team arrives the French come into and they battle it out inside the ice station. After, of course, the 'good guys' win they send a team under the ice through underwater passageways that leads them into the cavern in the ice. They then realize that they will not be alone in the near future and the stories of betrayal begin. Throughout the whole book Schofield and (most of) his crack team are being repeatedly shot at, grenaded, stabbed, punched, kicked betrayed and picked off one-by-one by killer whales. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: Exploring into the wild Yes Plotlets: - searching for treasure/artifacts Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book descript. of violence and chases - 60 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10 % Terrain - Ice Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Motive of antagonist - power The antagonists are: - FBI/CIA How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters Setting Ice Caps/Sea? Yes Where? - South Pole Water? Yes Water: - scuba under Misc setting - scientific labs Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies A lot of techno jargon? Yes Kind of jargon? - archaeology Unusual forms of death - dropped from large heights - eaten - crushed - frozen - flamed - biohazard/virus - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives - blunt clubbing (like seals) - exploded into bits Unusual form of death? Yes Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |
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