The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The theme was classic “Douglas-Preston” style. A meteorite in a faraway island and a billionaire wants to have it. What could go wrong?
Everything!
The characters were all brilliantly developed – Lloyd, perfect billionaire energy who thinks anything and everything has a price; Glinn the elusive know-it-all, who was the key driver of the plot, McFarlane, the scientist to give the plot the required sci-fi angle, then the supporting characters like Sally, Rachel, the sudden rise of villainy with Vellanar all did justice.
Coming to the story, it was neatly written and enough research was done into the naval commands and theme. It was really good to read a fresh suspense thriller. I was unable to guess till the end whether the meteorite or so that seemed, will go to destination or not. The authors went berserk near the last 50 pages where, the sabotaged the whole character arcs and the complete buildup of the ship Rolvaag and the meteorite as the mission was going hopelessly sideways. Nature was too powerful and everything went as per its wishes.
Although my mind was ready for a twist in the climax, the way authors dropped it on me, was surreal. I enjoyed the blunt way in which whole novel collapsed into a kind of “anti-climax” and the shock from Sam’s dialogues invoked dread inside.
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