Ice Station Zebra, Alistair Maclean
Ice Station Zebra, Alistair Maclean
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Ice Station Zebra

Author: Alistair Maclean

Narrator: Michael Jayston

Abridged: 2 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 06/03/2010


Synopsis

A classic thriller from the bestselling master of action and suspense. The atomic submarine has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice floes of the Arctic Ocean, and somehow locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice-pack somewhere north of the Arctic Circle. But the orders do not say what the will find if she succeeds – that the fire at Ice Station Zebra was sabotage, and that one of the survivors is a killer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalia on April 02, 2023

Overall 4.5 - very neat example of an action/thriller/mystery novel with kind of old school bulletproof plot and somewhat boomer-ish sense of humour. Would definitely recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Bob on February 02, 2014

One of the classic thrillers. Made into a decent movie. Back in the good old days when the Soviets were the bad guys the Cold War was cold. Really cold in this case. MacLean was a master story-teller with fast paced plots. The race to Ice Station Zebra is classic; one thing this book taught me as a......more

Goodreads review by John on August 12, 2022

My favourite and one of the very best from Alastair MacLean. Check it out & do yourself a favour.......more

Goodreads review by Paul on May 16, 2024

An easygoing thriller that could have been better! Ice Station Zebra, an arctic meteorological station, located on the ever drifting pack ice of the high Arctic, has been destroyed by an equipment fire. The Dolphin, an American nuclear submarine, is about to set sail on a dangerous high speed mission......more

Goodreads review by Don on July 27, 2019

Whenever I read a spy story today, I inevitably compare it to those who I consider to be masters of the genre. Alistair MacLean is one of those authors, and “Ice Station Zebra” is a great example of his work. This book is a gripping suspense tale, with all the excitement one could ask for. No, there......more


Quotes

'A thoroughly professional cliff-hanger' Sunday Telegraph