Fire and Ice

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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: 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: 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: 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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Summary: A fast-paced novel that keeps the reader on their toes.
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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Summary: tedious and uncanny good fortune for each peril encountered
Review: The review of Paul Garrison's new book, Fire and Ice, intrigued me so I purchased it. However, although the plot developed rapidly, the reader was required early on to endure an abundance of technical sailing jargon/maneuvers to bridge to the more meaningful parts of the plot. The miraculous ability of the lead character to overcome all obstacles in his path, including natural phenomenon, was very unrealistic and annoying to this reader to the point of sometimes being even ludicrous.

The book was mediocre reading with a lot of potential action to play on, but I found the plot underdeveloped, incomplete, and some very unbelievable solutions to, and some very 'casual' escapes from some BIG problems.

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Summary: Very interesting and exciting
Review: This was a really good book and a true adventure story! It was hard to put it down. I didn't find it too technical as some of the previous reviewers mentioned. The only bad thing I could say about this book was that it was so suspenseful and the suspense went on and on for so long, that I got tired of being stressed out about it. It was like the author didn't know when to end the book, but just kept having bad things happen to the family. But overall, it was a great story and I recommend it!