World Reads #4 Antarctica

 
On the 5th of each month Stephanie Jane over at http://stephjb.blogspot.com/ hosts World Reads! The idea is to read one or more books set in a certain country, then share what you read, with the aim of encouraging and promoting global literature. I've decided to join in each month as an excuse to look at difference locations within my favourite genres and share new books with you.

Last month I read a few books set in Antarctica, a setting that I always enjoy and now I'll share what I read with you guys.

1) Hunter Shea-Antarctic Ice Beasts 
The South Pole in winter is one of the deadliest places on Earth. The seven person crew of the US Freedom Base lives alone in months of utter darkness with no hope of help or rescue. A freak storm batters the walls and threatens to expose them to the deadly cold. All they can do is wait…and pray.

The ground quakes. An alien screech rips through the night. There’s something, or someone, lurking outside. Fists bang on the walls. Each tiny crack in the base spells death by hypothermia.

Untold horrors have come to Freedom Base…and they want in!  
2.5 stars

2) William Meikle-Operation Antarctica 
When Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a derelict Nazi base in Antarctica, he expects to find only ice and dead men. But there is something in the domed hangar bay that has been waiting for decades for release.

A weapon was primed many years before. It had been meant to turn the tide of war.

Now it stirs under the ice once more. 

This is book two in the S Squad novella series.

3 stars 

3) Brad Harmer-Barnes-Tempest Outpost 
They slept beneath the ice for over four billion years, but now they are free!

Off the coast of Antarctica, TEMPEST OUTPOST’s latest excavation leads to the discovery of some rather strange looking rock samples. Geology student Jazmin Hayes can hardly believe her eyes when carbon dating shows that they are even older than the Earth itself!

Then, the rocks begin to hatch... 

3 stars