Out of the ice
Turner, Ann
creator
author.
text
biography
Australian fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction).
Suspense fiction
Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Suspense fiction
Thrillers (Fiction).
xna
Sydney, N.S.W
Simon & Schuster Australia
2016
2016
monographic
eng
360 pages ; 24 cm.
By the bestselling author of The Lost Swimmer, a tense, eerie thriller set in the icy reaches of Antarctica When environmental scientist Laura Alvarado is sent to a remote Antarctic island to report on an abandoned whaling station, she begins to uncover more than she could ever imagine. Despite new life thriving in the icy wilderness, the whaling station is brimming with awful reminders of its bloody, violent past, and Laura is disturbed by evidence of recent human interference. Rules have been broken, and the protected wildlife is behaving strangely. On a diving expedition, Laura is separated from her colleague and she emerges into an ice cave where, through a cavern in the blue shadows, she is shocked to see an anguished boy, crying for help. Then he disappears. But in this freezing, lonely landscape there are ghosts everywhere, and Laura begins to sense that her own eyes cannot be trusted. Are her memories playing tricks? Has she been in the ice too long? Back at base, Laura?s questions about the whaling station go unanswered, blocked by unhelpful scientists, unused to questions from an outsider. And Laura just can?t shake the image from the ice cave. Piecing together a past and present of cruelty and vulnerability that can be traced all around the globe, from Norway, to Nantucket, Europe and Antarctica, Laura will stop at nothing to unearth the truth. As she sees the dark side of endeavour and human nature, she also discovers a legacy of love, hope and the meaning of family. If only Laura can find her way ... Out of the ice.
Ann Turner.
Includes Book Club notes.
Suspense fiction
Suspense fiction
Suspense fiction
Whaling stations
Australian fiction
Whaling stations
Antarctica
Fiction
Australian fiction
21st century
Antarctica
Antarctica
Fiction
Australian
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