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The Empire of Ice

Richard Moran

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Description:An active volcano emerges, threatening to plunge Britain into an Ice Age: a plot-heavy disaster thriller from Moran (Cold Sea Rising, '86; Dallas Down, '88). In 2000, geophysicist Benjamin Meade's predictions have come true: R-9, one of a 500-mile-long chain of volcanoes in the Mid-Atlantic, has surfaced, spewing mineral ash & volcanic gases that convert to sulfuric acid, which in turn condenses into particles that reflect solar radiation. The massive chain of volcanoes also diverts the tropical current of the N. Atlantic Drift, resulting in drastically lower temperatures. Meade, observing R-9 from his research vessel, Abyss, espies the QE3--its decks lined with British citizens fleeing the country's severe energy shortage caused, in part, by the '95 meltdown of a nuclear reactor that killed thousands--steaming right toward the volcano about to erupt. Despite his frantic radio warnings, the QE3's captain fails to heed. All perish. Meade, in one of many grade-B disaster-movie scenes here, blames himself & gets drunk. Meanwhile, "a resurgent Irish Republican Army" plunges the UK into all-out civil war, while a giant starving wolf named Beelzebub ravages the countryside. Britain's best chance for survival lies with Meade's attempts to sink wells into geothermal fields in the hope of harnessing the immense reservoirs of heat. That, in conjunction with the experimental Biosphere, a 10-acre miniworld headed by the beautiful Dr Margorie Glynn, may be the only hope. Meade & new love Glynn must 1st find a way to defeat the IRA tanks marching on the geothermal drill platform that straddles the border under the N. Channel...Stock characters & clunkily-handled science put a freeze on suspense & excitement here: a derivative end-of-worlder.--Kirkus (edited)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Empire of Ice. To get started finding The Empire of Ice, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Tor Books (NYC)

Release: 1995

ISBN: 0812530098

Description: An active volcano emerges, threatening to plunge Britain into an Ice Age: a plot-heavy disaster thriller from Moran (Cold Sea Rising, '86; Dallas Down, '88). In 2000, geophysicist Benjamin Meade's predictions have come true: R-9, one of a 500-mile-long chain of volcanoes in the Mid-Atlantic, has surfaced, spewing mineral ash & volcanic gases that convert to sulfuric acid, which in turn condenses into particles that reflect solar radiation. The massive chain of volcanoes also diverts the tropical current of the N. Atlantic Drift, resulting in drastically lower temperatures. Meade, observing R-9 from his research vessel, Abyss, espies the QE3--its decks lined with British citizens fleeing the country's severe energy shortage caused, in part, by the '95 meltdown of a nuclear reactor that killed thousands--steaming right toward the volcano about to erupt. Despite his frantic radio warnings, the QE3's captain fails to heed. All perish. Meade, in one of many grade-B disaster-movie scenes here, blames himself & gets drunk. Meanwhile, "a resurgent Irish Republican Army" plunges the UK into all-out civil war, while a giant starving wolf named Beelzebub ravages the countryside. Britain's best chance for survival lies with Meade's attempts to sink wells into geothermal fields in the hope of harnessing the immense reservoirs of heat. That, in conjunction with the experimental Biosphere, a 10-acre miniworld headed by the beautiful Dr Margorie Glynn, may be the only hope. Meade & new love Glynn must 1st find a way to defeat the IRA tanks marching on the geothermal drill platform that straddles the border under the N. Channel...Stock characters & clunkily-handled science put a freeze on suspense & excitement here: a derivative end-of-worlder.--Kirkus (edited)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Empire of Ice. To get started finding The Empire of Ice, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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