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A widespread drought is causing murderous famine. There is one possible solution: Arctic ice could be moved south to parched coastlines and melted for water.
In an Arctic icefield, a special team of scientists has planted bombs that will detonate automatically at midnight to break away some of the ice. Before they withdraw to the safety of their base camp, a shattering tidal wave breaks loose the ice on which they are working. Now they are marooned on an iceberg during the worst winter storm of the decade. The bombs in the ice beneath them are buried irretrievably deep...and ticking. Abruptly thrown into a desperate struggle for survival, the scientists are plagued by the discovery that one of them is a ruthless killer on a strange mission of his own...
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Dean Koontz was born into a very poor family and learned early on to escape into fiction. His novels have sold over 200 million copies worldwide and more than thirty have appeared on national and international bestseller lists. He lives in southern California with his wife, Gerda and a vivid imagination.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is quite a different style to others by Dean Koontz. He chooses to use a more 'real to life' supspense scenario which works wonderfully.
An iceberg is broken away from the main land, carrying a team of people and a large amount of seriously large explosives. The explosives are buried within the ice and are all due to explode within a set time.
The thrilling chain of events that follows, in the race to dis-arm all the explosives, is positively gripping.
You will not be able to put this page turner down, no matter how hard you try...
I highly recomend this action packed book!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another early Koontz book now slightly revised and released in his own name. An expedition to relieve a worldwide drought by blasting icebergs free from the Arctic Circle is stranded aboard a time bomb when a freak wave cracks a portion of ice, containing sixty bombs, free to drift. If such a problem weren't enough it appears that one of the group is also a murderer! There seems no hope of rescue until suddenly a Russian submarine on manoevres nearby comes to their aid. The only problem is time - will they be rescued before the bombs detonate? A great novel yet again. Although lacking the great depth of characterisation of his later books (mentioned in his own Afterword) this still gripped me and I finished it in a matter of two or three days.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm a huge fan of Dean Koontz and while this is certainly not usual Koontz fare, it is a brilliant story. I would have given it 5 stars if it weren't for the rather poor beginning which drags with the weight of too much technical information. However once it picks up the book is very exciting and it's fun to indulge in a little "whodunnit" pondering, a rare luxury with Koontz.
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A Great Suspense-Adventure Story
The pages of this book flip over as if driven by an Arctic wind. The novel delivers suspense that builds and reaches its icy arms around the reader. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Roger Weston
Great Classic
Great classic, novel. So dated now its a classic, but a great read! I just love the cold so I am little basis
Published 10 months ago by Brace, Brace, Brace
A highly competent, character driven thriller
One thing that pleases me greatly about Dean Koontz is his connection with his readers. This is one of the world's top selling novelists, and yet, he revises his own back... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mark Slattery
Too cold for me!
Never been disappointed with a Dean Koontz book and this is no exception!
This book is quite literally one of those books that 'Once you start to read it you can't put it... Read more
This book is quite literally one of those books that 'Once you start to read it you can't put it... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by Gary from Barry
after a slow start
I really got into this one. I had thought I would check the amazon reviews and see if I should put it down. So glad I didn't. It's one of his earlier ones and is action adventure. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2009 by karen bennett
A succesful pastiche
"Icebound" may take a little while to really get started, but once it does, it's a fine read. Not a great literary classic by any means, but definately one of the more well-written... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2003 by Docendo Discimus
Another winner from the master of suspense!
Icebound revolves around a simple plot (a rescue attempt in the arctic) yet Dean Koontz manages to make the book multi-dimensional by fleshing out all major characters to the... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 1998
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