Review: Great Read - Interesting Premise
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2013
It's difficult to beat a book that grabs you from page one and never waivers.  Tim Queeney's latest thriller, The Atlas Fracture it just that book. The story opens with a team of scientists drilling for water in an ancient sub-glacial lake in the Antarctic. The situation quickly turns tense and the reader is swept away believing one thing; but is it really as it seems to be?The story is a thriller and an adventure set in one of the most inhospitable places on earth. The author of this fast-paced book immerses the reader in a barren land of glaciers, capturing the chilling atmosphere, the characters' arduous journey and scientific theories like he is a veteran of this extreme world.The affable Perry Helion from The SHIVA Compression returns in this book and is faced with quickly getting up to speed on Antarctic ice shelves, environmental threats and a mission of revenge.  His alliance with one of the expedition's assistant principle investigators adds an interesting and sometimes lighter side to this intense adventure.The Atlas Fracture is readable and fast-paced. The intriguing story line leaves you pondering these sobering events long after the last page.