Beneath the Ice

by Alton Gansky

Book Overview

At the bottom of the world lies a secret: a mysterious object buried three miles beneath the Antarctic ice. Famed engineer Perry Sachs and his crew are assigned an impossible excavating job in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586606743
• ISBN13: 9781586606749
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The main course is frostbite! The appetizers are chills. Enjoy!

This is Perry Sachs book #2, so I realize that I'm a little bit behind on a few Gansky thrillers. I guess I always have some catching up to do. But this was great! For me it took a few pages for this to pick up, but once it did it happened rather nicely. So, if you happened to read "A Treasure Deep," then you can expect appearances from Jack Dyson, Gleason, and if you know Gansky's writing, a few surprises. With a title such as "Beneath the Ice," it isn't a shock that Antarctica is the setting for this, HMM, (how exactly do you put it?) CHILLER THRILLER! So, as the title obviously suggests, there IS something beneath the ice, and Perry and his crew just might be the ones to discover it. I probably made the mistake of picking this up in the beginning of Fall, so I guess the chills of Winter won't hit me too bad. The question is, what is beneath that ice? Some suggest a pyramid, some a ziggurat. What's the difference, let what alone is a ZIGGURAT? Read it and find out. It really is quite interesting. What you can't really get past with Gansky is this: There will be adversity! And it won't be pretty either. This also has the undertone of idol worship in it. In The Bible, there were a lot of false gods, and Marduk is the focus of the enemy in this. Gansky happens to mention Baal, which I give him credit for. Baal was notorious for hideous things. Baal Molech was specifically hideous. SO, to not really give anything away, this might be a reminder to some the first commandment... YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME! This also spoke to me as a message of doing your best for our Father, despite the circumstances. Alton Gansky has done it again! You can never accuse him of cooking up a boring plot, and if you DO accuse him, you most likely won't prove it. If I were to compare this to a meal, I'd say that frostbite would easily be the main course, with plenty of chills to tease the appetite! Finish the meal, and you just might get some pie for dessert. Hey, with all things considered, it goes down pretty well. Awesome job!

A building is discovered under the ice in Antartica......

This is first book I have read by Alton Gansky, but based on how much I enjoyed this one it will not be the last. I picked it up to use some time on an airplane flight recently and was so captured by the story I quickly finished it from home. The book starts with a discovery of a building under thousands of feet of ice in Antarctica, which was just a coincidence given that the research team was there to try and understand why an underground (under ice?) lake was expanding. So, from the outset you are wondering which direction the book would take? Global warming? UFO discovery? Scientific exploration? I will not spoil the plot further by giving away the story, but suffice it to say that you will enjoy the book. The main characters are depicted with some depth to give the story realism and the action and suspense never stop. By combining ancient religious beliefs, modern technology and discovery into secret societies and infiltration all the way to the White House, it has all the makings of a great mystery thriller. You can't ask for more than that. Well written, and enjoyable. When is the movie coming?

The Best in Thrills and Chills!

If you've read Gansky before, you know he has a great imagination and the ability to tell a gripping story. This, however, is Gansky at a whole new level.When Perry Sachs, engineer/archaelogist, takes a team to Antartica, he discovers secrets beyond his initial expectations. Although he is aware of something lurking beneath the ice, he is unaware of its full impact or of the forces intent upon reaching it. Soon, Sachs and his team are hostages in a deadly game--hostage to the elements, to the evil of a secretive society, and to the truth of a artifact hidden for thousands of years."Beneath the Ice" conveys the same realistic atmosphere of classic thrillers such as Alistair MacLean's "Ice Station Zebra," while mixing in the bizarre twists of Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code," and Jeff Long's "Year Zero." Gansky employs minimal, but believable, character development. His climax fails to serve justice in any fashion to the antagonists, but the book still ranks easily as one of the best Christian thrillers out there.

Probably his best yet!

Even I was surprised at how good Beneath the Ice was, and I'm a great fan of all Gansky's novels. I've read a lot of arctic adventure stories--this is right at the top. Some avid readers of techno-thrillers who like authors like Rollins or Reilly, don't give Gansky a try because he is a minister who weaves Christianity through his books. This is a shame, because he tells a great story with plenty of technical detail, great characterization, and a compelling plot. As a Catholic, I think the Christian aspect of his writing is a big plus...but I still think his books are for anyone and everyone. The character of Perry Sachs is a winner. I hope Gansky writes more of these, and expect that he will. Beneath the ice just might be Gansky's best book. The action never stops...there are no loose ends...the ending is very satisfying. What more could you want?

Perry Sachs returns!

Alton introduced the character of Perry Sachs in "A Treasure Deep", one of his best novels. Now Perry returns with another excavation--but this time the climate isn't quite as cooperative! Something has been found under the Antartic ice, and it could mean trouble! Just like "Treasure", the mystery continues to unfold about what's down there until they reach it. Again, we see the clues that keep us off balance and unsure of what they've truly found until well into the book. The elements for a great story are here, and I welcome the return of Perry Sachs and his crew. There is the added element of a possible assassin being in the group. This is used to build a good amount of tension, and I liked the way the suspicion flowed around them. The action starts strong and really never slows down. Every time you think you can relax, something unexpected happens. This one moves along at a better pace than his last novel. I hope we see Perry and his crew return soon. My advice: drop the JD Stanton series for a little while and do more stories with Perry. Better yet, have them meet up and put them both in one novel. What a story that would be! Pick this one up. You'll enjoy it. Recommended.