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Antarktos Rising - A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeremy Robinson
Publisher: Breakneck Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 22408
Media: Paperback
Pages: 300
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0979692903
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780979692901
ASIN: 0979692903
Publication Date: June 19, 2007
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Product Description
A phenomenon known as crustal displacement shifts the Earth's crust, repositioning continents and causing countless deaths. In the wake of the global catastrophe, the world struggles to take care of its displaced billions. But Antarctica, freshly thawed and blooming, has emerged as a new hope. Rather than wage a world war no nation can endure, the leading nations devise a competition, a race to the center of Antarctica, with the three victors dividing the continent. It is within this race that Mirabelle Whitney, one of the few surviving experts on the continent, grouped with an American special forces unit, finds herself. But the dangers awaiting the team are far worse than feared; beyond the sour history of a torn family, beyond the nefarious intentions of their human enemies, beyond the ancient creatures reborn through anhydrobiosis-there are the Nephilim. The world races to claim a new continent, only to find it already taken.
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 Now THIS is what an apocalyptic end-of-the-world thriller OUGHT to be! July 31, 2007
Jeff Edwards (Twin Falls, Idaho)
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
Every now and then a novel comes out that tackles the oft-visited 'End Of The World' type premise...Hollywood is no stranger to this arena either. But while novels and movies abound, not many of them really approaches the topic with a vengeance...that is until now. Kudos to Jeremy Robinson for creating not just a terrifying scenario, but doing it with gusto and with such originality.
Crustal Displacement has left the earth in a literal shambles. Warm places are now cold...conversely, cold places are now warm--even hot. One place in particular is the frozen continent of Antarctica--which is frozen no more. With such a global upheaval, you can imagine the catastrophe which has ended the life of millions, and virtually left a large portion of the world virtually uninhabitable. Where do the survivors go now? Good question. Fortunately (or maybe not depending how you look at the storyline...) the continent of Antarctica has thawed and is ready to claim--or so we think.
Getting into the mind of characters is almost a lost art-form in the world of novels these days because so few writers do it well (IMO), but Jeremy Robinson has manufactured fictional people who you grow to care about and worry for during such an incredibly horrific time. I want to do my best to help spread the word to those who are of the mindset that if you want action, you can only read authors like Cussler, Ludlum or Rollins. If you like your action big and your stories to be edge-of-your-seat amazing, you honestly OWE it to yourself to pick up a copy of one of his books. Antarktos Rising is not just another spectacular novel, it's an event worth experiencing and definitely a ride worth taking. I'd tell you more, but that would seriously ruin a chunk of the genuine thrills and surprises that await you. If you think that only the best authors come from well established publishing companies...THINK AGAIN...and then go GET THIS BOOK.
An Intense Philosophical Thriller March 18, 2008
Lewis Aleman (New Orleans, LA)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R38GPFDMEL9DRR Antarktos Rising is a thrilling ride into a brave new world. The book starts out with the global catastrophe of massive floods and deadly temperature shifts. After the devastating crustal displacement has stabilized, much of the world is left uninhabitable. So, countries from all over the world race to claim the newly-transformed tropic of Antarctica. This situation allows for the interesting interactions of the elite from different countries. This is a topic that can be a hotbed for political arguments and racial discussions. However, regardless of one's personal politics, the strengths of each country's philosophy are pointed out over the course of the race.
There is a prehistoric element in the mix along with some mythology, which is taken from numerous cultures. And, all of this is on top of an unprecedented race between the world's most dangerous military units, each set on arriving first and attacking the other teams along the way.
Mira and Merrill provide two very interesting characters, and their relationship does throw the reader a pleasantly unexpected curve ball.
In short, I'd say Antarktos Rising is an intense philosophical thriller that I'd recommend to fans of Michael Crichton, James Rollins, and Steve Alten.
Lewis Aleman, Author of Cold Streak
 Warning -- Religious book masquerading as action/adventure September 12, 2007
Rebecca Wittman (Upstate New York)
11 out of 22 found this review helpful
I see that I am the only who feels this way, but here goes -- this is a religious novel masquerading as an action/adventure novel. That's okay, because to each his own, but I would not have wasted my money on this book if I had known that. The author offers a disingenuous "explanation" about this in acknowlegement to the book (so obviously someone else felt this way too), but this should appear in the description on Amazon for all to read so we have an idea and can decide if this is something we want to spend our money on. The action scenes are okay, but I want to read an action/adventure novel not an argument for creation science or Christianity. Developing characters with personality is one thing, but paragraphs of the character thinking about his theories of "young earth creationism" and EVERYBODY'S conversion to Christianity or their dying faith in their own beliefs -- agnostic, atheist, Muslim, etc. -- is very annoying. The buzz phrase here is "Truth in advertising."
Robinson Rising October 18, 2007
Michael & Angela Goodwin (Florida)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
My wife and I have just finished Jeremy Robinson's latest novel and just have to give major kudos where kudos is deserved.
Robinson's 3rd novel is fantastic, totally well driven and starkingly like a modern day Edgar Rice Burroughs filled with a solid adventure rush that rivals anything written in this genre as of late. This writer deserves all of the respect - and more - than publishers and bookstores are unfortunately not giving him. We looked everywhere for this authors books and could not find a one in neither Barnes & Noble or Borders.
But thanks once again to this awesome website we were able to not only discover this gifted writer, but get ahold of his books. This was the one that grabbed our interest the most, thus we read first. And from the get-go, Robinson throws the reader into a firsthand account of the climatic weather changing event that changes the earth forever, plunging it into a reawakening filled with biblical beasts and giant men called Nephilim, all culled magnificently from the Bible by this solid author who spends it into a web of multi-layered storylines that thrill and excite the reader from page 1 to the very end.
If you love authors of such wild adventures, like James Rollins and Brian Keene, or a mixture of the two, and S. M. Stirling and Edgar Rice Burroughs, then you are in for a treat!
From colorful locales to fantastic creatures of myth, science, and biblical, with ever-growing and believable cast of characters, Antarktos Rising will most definately take you on a thrilling high-stakes adventure that will surely keep you up into the wee hours of the night.
We look forward to this other author's works. And especially hope for a sequel to this terrific novel.
Great Read! August 13, 2007
Kay Ellis
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed reading this book. There was a lot of action in it, plus a lot of new ideas to stimulate my mind. There is a definite religious slant in the story, but it only adds to the interest and excitement of the book. I like how the author ends each chapter, with definite suspense. I would certainly recommend this book and look forward to seeing what Jeremy Robinson puts out next.
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