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    Terminal Freeze

    Written by Lincoln Child

    Narrated by Scott Brick

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A breathtaking discovery at the top of the world . . .
    A terrifying collision between modern science and Native American legend . . .
    An electrifying new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Lincoln Child.


    Two hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle lies Alaska's Federal Wildlife Zone, one of the most remote and inhospitable places on Earth. But for paleoecologist Evan Marshall and a small group of fellow scientists, an expedition to the Zone represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study the effects of global warming.

    Everything about the expedition changes, however, with an astonishing find. On a routine exploration of a glacial ice cave, the group discovers an enormous ancient animal, encased in solid ice. The media conglomerate sponsoring their research immediately intervenes and arranges the ultimate spectacle-the creature will be cut from the ice, thawed, and revealed live on television. Despite dire warnings from the local Native American village, and the scientific concerns of Marshall and his team, the "docudrama" plows ahead . . . until the scientists make one more horrifying discovery. The beast is no regular specimen-it may be an ancient killing machine. And they may be premature in believing it dead.

    In this riveting new thriller, Lincoln Child weaves together a stunning Arctic landscape, a terrifying mythic creature, and a pervasive mood of chaos-and fear. With Terminal Freeze, Child demonstrates why he has become a major bestselling author, and why his novels electrify and enthrall so many.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 24, 2009
    ISBN9780739382035
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    Terminal Freeze
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    Lincoln Child

    Lincoln Child is the author of Utopia and Death Match, as well as a number of New York Times bestselling thrillers with Douglas Preston. He lives with his wife and daughter in Morristown, New Jersey.

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    • 2/5
      This was an OK book. I did not find it particularly suspensful or frightening. I'm not sure why there were so many characters introduced in the book, since they really didn't seem to go anywhere or have much to do with the actual story.

      I'm glad that it was a library book that I can promptly return. I suspect that I will not be remembering much of this story after a few days.
    • 4/5
      A team of scientists funded by a media conglomerate who wants to shoot a documentary are researching the effects of global warming in the frozen tundra that is Mount Fear. They find what they think is a fantastic prehistoric discovery. And then bodies start to pile up!

      As with any book by Lincoln Child you're going to get great thriller moments, an interesting overall story subject and explanation that is just plausible enough but not to the point where it doesn't leave the reader asking questions at the end.
      I enjoyed this one alot.
    • 3/5
      Sci-fi and global warming fans will love this Lincoln Child novel set in Alaska, a locale so remote it is north of the Arctic Circle. There is already a military facility there, though it is being maintained, so to speak, by a skeleton crew. In the 50's there had been a military research center there. A disaster led to it's closing, but the details of the disaster have largely been forgotten all these years later.Meanwhile, a university research group has landed some funding to pay for a team to go onsite to study the alarming effects of global warming where the world is never supposed to thaw. What they find is glaciers that are calving off huge icebergs, accidentally uncovering a cave where the scientists find themselves face to face with a carcass of some unknown prehistoric creature, a creature flash frozen so quickly that it still has open eyes to stare into! Scary, to say the least...and then a small contingent of aboriginal people turn up to warn the scientists that this creature is evil and represents the revenge of the local gods, who do not want the environment to be disturbed. And you can bet nobody was scared away by that...The team had been so glad to receive the grant to go to Alaska that they had not read the fine print of their agreement. Thus they find themselves at the mercy of a film crew which arrives in a flash with the intent of filming the thawing of the ice block containing the creature on live television. But the ice block thaws and the creature turns up missing. Who stole that carcass, and where did they hide it??The only thing more ominous is how dead bodies start appearing at an alarming rate. It takes several bodies before the surviving folks quit blaming the hungry polar bears.There is a lot more going on here and the quest to locate and eliminate the creature is involved and as scary as the harrowing journey of the folks who try to escape the military base via truck and trailer before the creature gets them.The author offers up multiple theories of the source and psyche of the creature, including an extra-terrestrial origin, but there is no definite answer offered. Lots more fiction than science offered here, but it is a fun read.
    • 2/5
      Too much global warming propaganda, otherwise would have been a great book.
    • 5/5
      Lincoln child is really amazing but Scott Brick really sells all the books he narrates ?
    • 4/5
      Loved it! It was an imaginative plot combined with some serious science and technology understandings to build a great sci-fi/horror/adventure story. This is the first book that really features the Jeremy Logan character (he makes only a brief appearance in the first one) and I really like the character. The plot moves quickly and it builds in intensity making it a page turner.
    • 3/5
      Terminal Freeze is a SciFi thriller. There is a lot of murder, blood, guts and tense scenes. The story is long. It feels like the author wants to preach something to the reader, but it is difficult to figure out what he is trying to say. The story is not believable. Unfortunately, the other books that Lincoln Child has written are far superior to this one.
    • 3/5
      Good read, pretty fast-paced. Scientists studying climate change in Alaska discover an ancient creature frozen in a cave, melted out, escapes and starts to hunt them and kill, of course. Only difference is from the usual plot is how the creature kills (apparently, it plays with its victims first like a cat with a twine ball) and the way it needs to be killed (which I won't reveal except to say, bullets bounce off it!)
    • 4/5
      Fast-paced and entertaining, this book has enough going for it that you’re willing to let a few implausibilities slide by with a nod and a wink. Also, I listened to the audiobook, which is narrated by Scott Brick, who I could listen to all day. And have done so on more than one occasion. :) If you think you’d like a quick and easy science-fiction thriller set in the inhospitable reaches of the frozen North, this book is for you.
    • 2/5
      A waste of time. I think the only reason I kept with it to the end was that it wasn't hard to read. But nothing was explained well. The characters were flat, and caricatures. Just amazes me that neither Preston nor Child can write well unless they're writing together.
    • 4/5
      Another rather enjoyable book by Lincoln Child. I particularly like the pace that he writes at. Yes, sure Matthew Reilly's and Andy McDermott's books are much more "pacey" and dramatic, but not nearly as realistic. Therefore, even though the plots of Mr Child's books are outlandish, they still feel rather plausible.

      This book reminded me of an episode of The New Avengers that I saw as a young kid in the 70's where huge sewerage rats terrified people. Only here it was a prehistoric saber tooth tiger. The scary moments were truly tense.

      The ending was perhaps a tad "meh", but I've felt the same about some of the author's other books too. He obviously doesn't go in for the really big Hollywood finale. On the one hand, I like it, but also feel let down at the same time. I suppose I can't fault the author for my indecision.

      So, would I recommend it? Sure, if you like a bit of a thriller, mixed with some dubious science and a dose of fear and gore, this book may just be right up your alley.

      Keep turning the pages.
    • 4/5
      Child uses a hackneyed setting to tell an interesting story - I wish several of the more exotic plot points had been fleshed out more. Also, it feels as if one character is being set up as a franchise cornerstone - one I would look forward to reading more about.
    • 2/5
      Not quite as good as James Rollins.
    • 3/5
      This book kept me hooked until the end. Then, I was like... What the fuck just happened. Well, I was thinking that throughout the entire book, but at the end especially. I had to google what the fuck the ending meant.

      I asked my friend, who recommended the book to me, what the fuck was with this ending. He told me I was fucking retarded. I told him, well no shit. I'm not arguing that fact. I just want to know what the bloody fuck is going on in this goddamn book. He told me it's fucking aliens, you dipshit. And I was like aliens? What the fuck man? Seriously? Aliens? Bullshit. You're just trying to fucking confuse me. Just fuck off man. So then, I actually read my google search results and yea that cock sucker is right. Apparently, its fucking aliens. Goddamnit to hell, man. Seriously?

      It was still a damn good read though. But yea, fuck aliens in their dirty assholes. Fucking aliens? Seriously? I still can't believe this shit ending.
    • 3/5
      I think I'm done with Lincoln Child solo stuff for awhile. Terminal Freeze feels like a script for a typical monster movie. Scientists occupying a former government arctic cold war watch station stumble upon a cave where a cat -- presumably a saber-tooth, is frozen in a block of ice. Media circus ensues, as a big-name documentary team descends upon the camp to create a hyped-up live production exposing the find.Except upon further examination, the cat is about twice the size of a saber tooth. And one of the scientists had been plagued by night mares of such a beast since he was young (naturally). And then there is a local Eskimo tribe who already warned them to leave now. Well, that can't be good. And then the specimen mysteriously vanishes....who could take the frozen kitty? For something so large, I found it amusing they were searching personal lockers and the cab of an ice road trucker (Child appears to be a fan of the show). As you might have guessed, nobody stole the cat.Among the survivors is the "Enigmologist" from the last book I read, The Third Gate. He comes into the story late, and seems to be there for continuity in a series of books featuring metaphysical bullshit. That's all well and good -- except this guy seems to be everywhere the bizarre paranormal thrives while the rest of the world carries on in mundane oblivion. A movie based on this book would make good Saturday afternoon fare. Just don't expect the screenplay to win any Oscars.
    • 3/5
      After impressing me with Deep Storm last year, Lincoln Child sort of missed the boat with Terminal Freeze. While there was nothing bad about it, it suffered from being a retread of Relic, Child's thriller debut with Douglas Preston. He even seems to recognize this when he refers to Frock and his Callisto Effect theory. Swap out Relic's natural history museum for a military base in Alaska, change some character names and throw in a documentary team from a television channel, and you've got Terminal Freeze.Creativity isn't terribly high on my list of requirements for a good book, so this isn't the whole of my complaints. As long as a book is well-written and has interesting characters, I tend to overlook the fact that it doesn't bring anything new to the table. Terminal Freeze, however, lacks the punch and pizazz that Relic and other Preston/Child books have. It is completely without any element of surprise. I heartily recommend not reading any synopsis, including the book jacket's inside flap, because it lays out the entire plot. There aren't any game-changers, no moments of "Ah ha, gotcha!" After Child did such a good job taking Deep Storm in an unforeseen direction several times, I'm really disappointed he didn't do that here.The next Preston/Child collaboration is out in two months, and I'm hoping that it's more interesting than this one was.
    • 3/5
      A science team is in the Arctic at a defunct military base, studying the effects of global warming. They stumble upon a find they did not expect. A large animal, frozen in an ice cave. Soon a film crew has arrived to make a documentary of the find. However, they are all about to be plunged into terror.The story is alright for what it is, a sci-fi horror tale. I predicted almost to the last character who would die and who would live. You could tell within the first three sentences of the introduction of their character. As for the plausibility, well, that isn't something which bothers me when I read this sort of tale. It was a fast paced story which didn't become tedious. On the other hand, I will never listen to a book read by Scott Brick again. He is overly dramatic and the only foreign accent he seems to know is Count Dracula.
    • 4/5
      Purely a "guilty-pleasure" read, Terminal Freeze provides just the right sort of fast-paced, intense thrills that make for a quick two-day adventure. I turned to this after a few weeks of more serious endeavors, and just simply enjoyed myself.The story involves the discovery of a creature frozen in glacial ice in the Arctic region, which glacier is quickly succumbing to the effects of global warming. The rush to display the find on live TV results in fairly predictable chaos and mayhem. Lincoln Child shows himself to be the architect of the action sequences that characterize Preston & Child collaborations - very intricate, very tight, very suspenseful, with minimal narrative distraction.Certainly worth a read.
    • 4/5
      This was a fun book to listen to. It had a decent level of suspense and I enjoyed listening to the whole thing. It had a host of interesting characters some you liked and others you couldn't wait for something unpleasant to happen to them. I will say that the one of the characters made me wonder if he wasn't from a series by the author, since he seemed to have a past that we know nothing about but are almost expected to. Like he was just making a cameo appearance in this book.A group of scientists are doing research up in the Nordic Circle out of an old Army base when they make a 10,000 year old discovery. They find what appears to be a large sabre-tooth tiger frozen in a block of ice. Their sponsors consider this an excellent chance to make a great documentary and so the circus comes to town. Little do they know that a tiger is lose among the clowns.I like how the book ends by giving three possible explanations of what happened and how. The best part was I found the 'scientific' version to be the least believable of the three.
    • 3/5
      A team of researchers in the Arctic uncover a large prehistoric animal, encased in ice. The terms of their contract force them to accept the plans of their funding company to make a TV documentary of the thawing out of the beast - which turns out to be a massive error, and mayhem ensues. This is an OK sort of techno-suspense story, but there's really nothing here to make it stand out from the crowd, and it makes me wonder what Child's contribution is to the many books he and Douglas Preston have co-authored (and I have enjoyed much more).
    • 3/5
      This was an interesting premise, but the writing was mediocre.
    • 1/5
      Like reading Relic all over again but without an interesting set of characters. No surprises in this book and I only finished it because I didn't have another book available (probably should have spent more time looking). I don't expect great literature but I do expect real characters and situations that are at least somewhat believable. The George Noory "coast to coast" style story based upon a bigfoot premise only works if the characters are interesting and the situations are plausible. This reads like a bad screenplay and the only thing that reminds me of a Child/Preston book is the pace that kept me turning the pages. Don't waste your time with this one, go back and read Relic. It's not classic literature but it is a fun story.
    • 5/5
      An ancient horror, the Tunit called the kurrshuq has escaped from its ice tomb and is about to begin its killing spree.A handful of natives flee. Leaving behind their shaman who travels with one lone white man to the base located at Alaska's Federal Wilderness Zone, where a filming crew and a small military attachment are working to bring the creature to the public's eye.But the creature has other, ancient, plans.This book took me a while to really get into, about half way through it before I could find a real interest. But then Child hits you with a style that leaves you spellbound and hanging onto the edge of your seat waiting and wanting for more!I was spellbound for the second-half!Death happens. And it happens to several individuals. But the writer does not go into the "gory" details, for which I am thankful! [I do not like the blood and gore type of descriptives]. Child tastefully tells the story, getting the points across, without making us feel that we have a ringside seat to the carnage.Thriller?You bet ya!!You won't want to put this down! I give this book five stars!
    • 3/5
      If this is your first Lincoln Child book, I encourage you not to make it your last, for this is far weaker than anything he's previously written, including with writing partner Douglas Preston (except, maybe, "Relic" which is a rather similar story).One of the things I've really liked about previous Child (and Preston/Child) books is their uniqueness. But a story about a monster in a remote underused military base in the Arctic Circle isn't original at all and just kinda silly. If you read the epilogue, you pretty much have the whole book wrapped up nicely for you. There's little to no character development and most of the characters are rather annoying and unbelievable. Skip this one, but check out his other books like "Utopia," and "Death Match."
    • 4/5
      Paleoecologist Evan Marshall is part of a scientific team studying the effects of global warming in Alaska’s Federal Wildlife Zone. Exploring an ice cave, the team discovers a mysterious animal frozen in ice. When their sponsor, a media conglomerate, learns of this, they send a film crew to the Zone to film a documentary about the unthawing of the animal. But once the unthawing begins, the animal disappears. The film’s director suspects the scientists have something to do with it, which they deny. When one of his employees is found slashed to death, the scientists begin to suspect the animal may not have been dead, after all.Lincoln Child delivers a suspense-filled thriller, setting a host of characters, from military men, to scientists, to a film crew in a remote area, in the middle of a snowstorm with a killing machine wreaking havoc. The usual obsessive persona is present in the form of demanding director, flanked by flunkies catering to his every whim, nonsensical or not. Marshall is an empathetic character, a scientist dealing with a past trauma who has sworn to never again hold a gun in his hand but is forced to. Once the action gets going, the plot becomes fast-paced and tense.
    • 4/5
      total page turner, great suspense
    • 3/5
      A scientific expedition in Alaska discovers a huge prehistoric beast frozen beneath a glacier. Soon a documentary film-making team is there, determined to thaw it out. But the beast disappears--then begins to hunt.Enjoyable enough, but not as good as it should be.
    • 4/5
      Lincoln Child offers another serviceable thriller in Terminal Freeze. While his basic plot outline can seem repetitive - scientists/workers discover something, terrible things happen, reluctant hero saves the day - it usually works because of his narrative skill. Terminal Freeze is no exception, and readers who enjoy science thrillers will probably enjoy this novel too.Like Crichton, Child usually chooses subjects with a mostly plausible science basis. Where Crichton typically explored the hard science and interpersonal relationships, Child usually goes straight for the horror/thriller angle. That's by no means a negative aspect. As long as readers know what they're getting in a Lincoln Child novel, there's not likely to be much disappointment.
    • 4/5
      I've enjoyed most of the books Lincoln Child has co-authored with Douglas Preston and also enjoyed this independently authored book. You are left with unanswered questions in the end but the ride is both suspenseful and gripping. It sort of reminded me of Matthew Reilly's Ice Station which I also enjoyed. I thought each of the scientist's strengths were played up well and meshed together nicely to help save the group stranded at the base although the producer, Conti, was really starting to get on my nerves. If you like a good mystery/suspense you should definitely check this book out.
    • 4/5
      This book left me flat. Like Deep Storm it was good but it didn't wow me like Utopia or like some of the Preston/Child books.