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Ice Station Zebra
  

Ice Station Zebra (Hardcover)

de Alistair Maclean (Author)
4.0étoiles sur 5  Voir tous les commentaires (2 évaluations de client)

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A classic thriller from the bestselling master of action and suspense. The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice-floes of the Arctic Ocean to locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice-pack somewhere north of the Arctic Circle. But the orders do not say what the Dolphin will find if she succeeds -- that the fire at Ice Station Zebra was sabotage, and that one of the survivors is a killer! --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.


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Alistair MacLean, the son of a Scots minister, was brought up in the Scottish Highlands. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy. After the war he read English at Glasgow University and became a schoolmaster. The two and a half years he spent aboard a wartime cruiser were to give him the background for HMS Ulysses, his remarkably successful first novel, published in 1955. He is now recognized as one of the outstanding popular writers of the 20th century, the author of 29 worldwide bestsellers, many of which have been filmed. --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.

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3.0étoiles sur 5 An easy going thriller that could have been so much better!, Nov. 15 2008
Par Paul Weiss (Dundas, Ontario Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Ice Station Zebra, an arctic meteorological station, located on the ever drifting pack ice of the high Arctic, has been destroyed by an equipment fire. The Dolphin, an American nuclear submarine, is about to set sail on a dangerous high speed mission under the polar ice cap to rescue the badly injured team. But, just as one would suspect from a cold war thriller, all is not as it seems. Ice Station Zebra is a good deal more than just a scientific meteorological station. The scientific team is not just a collection of scientists. One of them is a ruthless killer for which the achievement of his mysterious secret mission against the Americans and the Brits may even require the cold-blooded execution of the entire crew of the Dolphin. Nor is Doctor Carpenter, a British volunteer member of the Dolphin's crew ostensibly along to seek out his brother who was part of Ice Station Zebra's stricken team, precisely what he shows to the world.

As thrillers go, "Ice Station Zebra" is certainly enjoyable but it's a long, long way from what most readers would label a compelling page turner. It's got all the requisite ingredients to be sure - murder, sabotage, hidden identities, spies, accidents, cliff-hangers - but I think it could have been so much more. The parts of the story that took place inside the submarine were interesting and, at times, even exciting. But the action never reached the breathless urgent pace that was more recently achieved in other submarine thrillers such as "Hunt for Red October" or Larry Bond's "Dangerous Ground". The Arctic itself as an environment which can be stunning in its breathtaking beauty and is always fraught with danger and the potential for deadly accidents was never truly exploited as a part of the story to anywhere near the extent that it might have been.

"Ice Station Zebra" is an enjoyable change of pace and nice easy brain candy reading that won't tax the little grey cells. It just won't make anyone's top ten list of the best all-time spy vs spy thrillers!

Recommended.

Paul Weiss
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5.0étoiles sur 5 CHILLING AND ENTERTAINING!!, Avril 26 2003
Par sanjeev sood (MUMBAI (INDIA)) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Ice Station Zebra (Hardcover)
well a real gem from Alistair MacLean. This book was recommended by a friend of mine who along with her husband are avid readers and can devour books!! After reading the book i literally thanked her,because this book is a real winner....
A taut thriller which entertains, mystifies,keeps the readers guessing and.... sweating!
a suspense thriller brilliantly written i highly recommend this book to all suspense fans! This book has everything submarines.... the arctic.... the ice.... the chills....the thrills......
a real page turner and an edge of the seat thriller this one simply doesn't let you down....... go right ahead if you haven't already!
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