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Summary: Excellent book, sequel to Justin Scott's Shipkiller???
Review: As an avid sailor, I appreciate the accuracy of Garrison's portrayal. However, it certainly appears to me that this book is all but a sequel to Justin Scott's excellent sailing suspense novel The Shipkiller. Same boat (Swan 38), same characters (white Dr. inventor, black Doctor wife) whose background matches those of the characters from The Shipkiller. I think The Shipkiller is one of the best novels I've ever read. Fire and Ice is an excellent follow on. I am just surprised that there is no credit or mention of Shipkiller given.
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Summary: Suspenseful!
Review: Doctors Sarah and Michael Stone, along with their young daughter Ronnie, seem to have a pretty ideal life. They sail around the Pacific treating patients all over the islands. Just as they are about to pull into a remote atoll to see if anybody needs help, they get a call from a giant carrier ship nearby: it's captain has been seriously injured and needs urgent medical care. So, Sarah and Ronnie drop off Michael to check out the atoll and continue alone to the ship. The next thing they know, their boat has been hoisted up and they've been kidnapped. Michael has to figure out how to save them before it's too late! Pretty exciting plot, though it got a little slow in places.
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Summary: A thrill a minute
Review: For the past decade, Drs. Michael and Sarah Stone, accompanied by their eleven year old daughter, have blissfully sailed the Pacific Ocean. Michael and Sarah enjoy sailing and provide medical assistance to anyone in need. Everything radically changes when Michael is dropped ashore to assist an ailing native while Sarah answers a medical emergency on a nearby ship. To Michael's shock, the gigantic ship sails off into the sunset. His family's boat, with his spouse and child aboard, has been captured by the giant ship's humongous crane. A desperate Michael is stranded on the isolated atoll until he repairs a canoe and paddles to a nearby island. Michael has reasons to avoid the U.S. embassy. Instead, he enlists the help of the underground in an effort to rescue his family from their abductors. FIRE AND ICE is a tremendous thriller that will be enjoyed by fans of Rachel Carson and action packed, non-stopped battles between David and Goliath. The story line is swift and never slows down, while the characters all add to the genuine texture of this brilliant book. Paul Garrison has given readers a novel that will be recognized as one of the top ten thrillers of the year.
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Summary: Suspenseful
Review: From Sarah and Ronnie's kidnapping, and Michael Stone's attempt to find and rescue his spouse and daughter, Garrison weaves a web of suspense. However, too much info as it relates to the technicalities of sailing, etc. Otherwise, a good book!
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Summary: This book nearly gave me a heart attack
Review: I LOVED Paul Garrison's "Fire and Ice" as the author swept me away to Asia and the ocean and adventures that seemed so gritty and so real that I was desperate to keep turning pages until the end. It's wonderful to find an author who sounds authoritative about such a remote, adventurous background and his take on the steamy, grimy industrialization of China was amazingly real for me. I found the technical "stuff" never got in the way and added to the verisimilitude of the racing storyline. I'm a "bookaholic" who's read thousands of suspense thrillers of all types and this one is one of the BEST I've ever read.
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Summary: HOT COLD AND IN BETWEEN
Review: One thing's for sure. Paul Garrison knows his sailing, and his oceanography/geography. In this, his debut novel, Garrison weaves a story about an unusual kidnapping that takes place aboard a natural gas carrier. Dr. Michael Stone's wife and daughter, Sarah and Ronnie, are held hostage by a madman named Mr. Jack, who has some devastating plans for his old enemies, the "Japs" as he calls them. His henchman, Moss, is a despicable muscle-bound moron, who takes pleasure in beating up women and perhaps even children? "Fire and Ice" is a good read, a little technical in spots, that tends to slow down the action and the pacing. However, the story holds your interest and even if the slam-bang ending seems a trifle far-fetched, it delivers. My biggest complaint is that the novel ends so abruptly; there is one villain we don't know what happens to him, and the heroes future seems up in the air as well. If the ending had a stronger resolution, I would have gone with five stars. Worth the read, though.
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Summary: HOT COLD AND IN BETWEEN
Review: One thing's for sure. Paul Garrison knows his sailing, and his oceanography/geography. In this, his debut novel, Garrison weaves a story about an unusual kidnapping that takes place aboard a natural gas carrier. Dr. Michael Stone's wife and daughter, Sarah and Ronnie, are held hostage by a madman named Mr. Jack, who has some devastating plans for his old enemies, the "Japs" as he calls them. His henchman, Moss, is a despicable muscle-bound moron, who takes pleasure in beating up women and perhaps even children? "Fire and Ice" is a good read, a little technical in spots, that tends to slow down the action and the pacing. However, the story holds your interest and even if the slam-bang ending seems a trifle far-fetched, it delivers. My biggest complaint is that the novel ends so abruptly; there is one villain we don't know what happens to him, and the heroes future seems up in the air as well. If the ending had a stronger resolution, I would have gone with five stars. Worth the read, though.
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Summary: Great mix of adventure, suspense and sailing in the pacific
Review: Paul Garrison has created an interesting blend of adventure and suspense with insights into the art of sailing and the disappering culture and traditions of the people that inhabitates the islands of the pacific ocean. I recommend this book! Reading this book makes you want to take a year off from work and go sailing instead. If you like this book you will problaby like the books by Desmond Bagley as well!
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Summary: Great mix of adventure, suspense and sailing in the pacific
Review: Paul Garrison has created an interesting blend of adventure and suspense with insights into the art of sailing and the disappering culture and traditions of the people that inhabitates the islands of the pacific ocean. I recommend this book! Reading this book makes you want to take a year off from work and go sailing instead. If you like this book you will problaby like the books by Desmond Bagley as well!
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Summary: Suspenseful
Review: Set on the dangerous waters of the Pacific, Paul Garrison's Fire and Ice is about a family whose faith and trust in each other is tested through their separation, due to kidnappers. A family that was once united is now torn to pieces by one man's reckless plan. Sarah Stone and her daughter, Ronnie are kidnapped. Her husband, Michael Stone is left abandoned as he helplessly watches a huge ship take off with his only family aboard. Throughout the novel, Michael and Sarah struggle to maintain their sanity in the absence of their beloved spouse. We enjoyed the fast-paced novel that has you jumping between the two main characters hopeless situations. With a cast of extreme characters and catastrophic situations, the author weaves a web of deceit so that you find it difficult to know who to trust. Though a reader may doubt the story due to its complexity, this book has great potential to become a major suspense/action film. Although the reading comprehension is difficult, we still strongly recommend reading this thrilling novel. It contains a conclusion that will shock and satisfy your desire for drama.
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