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Reclusive, cranky, Seth Peterson is not an engaging protagonist. Okay, so he rescues a woman from a burning car in the first ten pages. But he doesn't really like people, particularly in crowds‹say two or three or more. Make a presentation to a group of scientists? Forget it. Do a stint in front of the camera -- fainting time. But stick with Seth Peterson and you begin to find him sympathetic, engaging and more importantly, involved in some serious stuff. He grows on you. Peterson is a researcher for something in Washington D.C. called The National Ice Center. He and his fellow scientists study frozen water. Doesn't sound too interesting or very important but the fact is, if the polar ice caps melt due to global warming or any other phenomenon, the resulting rise in ocean temperatures would be catastrophic. Consider Miami under 200 feet of ocean water. What's more, it wouldn't take the liquefying of all that ice around north and south poles to bring on major disaster. Seth Peterson knows that. He knows that if one shelf of ice separates from the south polar glacier, it would be a major disaster. He believes he's found a method to predict such a phenomenon. A significant forewarning might allow the world's scientists to do something to reduce or eliminate the disaster. But what if certain forces in the world want to keep that information from the world? That's the basis for this very engaging novel. Bonn Jonnes has crafted a scary and very interesting scenario. He takes a potential global event and carves it down to human terms, bringing together the forces of good as represented by a lovelorn, flawed individual with important knowledge, struggling against his own inadequacies and a mysterious force that wants to destroy him and his knowledge. Regardless of a few coincidences, and an over-the-top chase scene, once readers get to know Seth Peterson they'll root him on to the final resolution. The last two or three chapters are fine. A fun, engaging novel.
Reviewed by Carl Brookins, December 2003
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