Review: Big Ice

Seth Peterson is a polar ice researcher that has located a doomsday fault, which could allow the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a hunk of ice a mile and a half think and as big as Mexico, to slide off the continent and flood coastal cities, ending the world as we know it. Seth works for the National Ice Center and his research project there is to predict when these large ice bergs will break off the Antarctic shelf with the hope that it will give other scientists enough time to figure out a way to stop it from happening.

Seth only has one really large problem that he has run from his entire life. He has an extreme social phobia. He has been able to overcome it enough to make it to work, to hide in his small cubicle and develop his research. His whole life begins to change on the day he bravely pulls a stranger from a burning vehicle on his way to work. Seth manages to get away from the scene quickly, staying only long enough to give his name and address to the police that arrive on the scene.

Seth’s social phobia has ruined his whole life. He has lost the job he always wanted, his family and a fiancé due to it. Rather than seek treatment Seth has spent it running from social situations. Now he is again faced with dealing with his fear or running again. His boss has waited as long as he plans to wait for Seth’s presentation to the other scientists at the Center of his research and has also scheduled him to present his research at a conference. The press is also hounding him after his heroic rescue. At the same time a group of violent environmental extremists have also taken an interest in his research.

I thoroughly liked Seth Peterson and was disappointed by how quickly the book ended. This is once again not a book that I would have ordinarily picked up off a store shelf but read due to Vicki’s high regard to for the author. I would love to see a series to follow the life of Seth Peterson however I cannot imagine too many situations for mysteries in Seth’s current profession. Hopefully the author has more imagination than I do and we will hear more of Seth. I will definitely look for other books by this author.

Reprinted with permission. Do Not repost without permission from the author, Gina Metz - RAM

Book Review: Big Ice