Antarktos Rising | Jeremy Robinson | another great author like James Rollins and Matt Reilly

Antarktos Rising | Jeremy Robinson | A very intriguing storyline

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Antarktos Rising

	Antarktos Rising Jeremy Robinson Breakneck Books, 2008 - 453 pages average customer review:based on 60 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

THE WORLD RACES TO CLAIM A NEW CONTINENT...

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.

...ONLY TO FIND IT ALREADY TAKEN.

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another great author like James Rollins and Matt Reilly

I got this book because I am a huge James Rollins fan and this falls in line with his type of writing and I am waiting for his next book. I liked Antarkos so much I quickly ordered the other two by this author and have read them all in the last two weeks. They are great action reads and I highly recommend them, especially if you are a James Rollins or Matt Reilly fan....

A very intriguing storyline

It seems that most of the time, "global disaster," books are about preventing the event and result of course in a last second catch to save the planet. In Antarktos Rising the author has skipped right past the chance to prevent disaster with how to deal with it. The disaster here, called crustal displacement kills billions of people and renders America pretty much a frozen wasteland as is much of the world that is now the most inhabitable and in this shift causes Antarctica to become the most desirable and inhabitable country. The race for Antartica between three teams is interesting in it's premise. Even now, with the entire earth to share we manage to fight over nearly every piece of land so it is an interesting premise to think that three countries could devise a race for the most desirable place and then will honor it. The characters involved in this are complex and interesting and add a great deal to this story which also manages to be very believable while it combines scientific theories with religious ones. Then thrown into the mix of man and religion comes the pre-historic upheaval involved. While this could sound convoluted it actually turns into a fascinating read that leaves one breathlessly turning each page while not wanting the book to end. This book has the ability to keep you awake at night, not only in figuring out how to help solve the problems but also because you just don't want to put it down.

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A thrill ride of adventure

Antarktos Rising is the story of an epic journey to a new world after a phenomenon, known as crustal displacement, shifts the earth's crust and repositions continents, leaving countless dead in its wake. As the world struggles to take care of its displaced billions, Antarctica emerges as a new hope. The leading nations devise a competition - a race to the center of Antarctica - with the three victors dividing the continent between them. Mirabelle Whitney, a survivor of the displacement and an expert on Antarctica, is recruited to guide an American Special Forces unit across the thawed-out continent. But they discover the continent has already been claimed by an ancient enemy of humanity and God--the Nephilim. As survivors of the Genesis flood (Genesis 6:4) and frozen Antarctic, they have re-emerged to continue their dominance of mankind. As the offspring of human mothers and demon fathers they were feared due to their giant stature and evil nature. As Mirabelle and the world race to claim a new continent, they realize there is a danger far more frightening than the evil intentions of their fellow man. Antarktos Rising explores the science behind the Genesis flood, the reality of the Nephilim and the possibility of God using the flood to not just wipe out a corrupt population, but a human race that carried the Nephilim genetic code. A different view of our bible views. Interesting with twists, not you usual science fiction!

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A great start, the giants, scientific absurdities and biblical references spoiled what could have been a great book

The initial premise of this book is scientifically plausible, although extremely unlikely. It is well known that the Earth's axis of rotation wobbles a bit and that the climate of regions has changed dramatically in the past, sometimes drastically in a short time. Woolly mammoths have been found quick frozen in Siberia with partially chewed vegetation in their mouths. A geologically miniscule thousands of years ago, Alaska was a lush, near-tropical environment, although this change appears to have been more gradual. Therefore, a scientific theory that the inherent chaotic dynamics of the Earth's rotation will cause the axis to suddenly and dramatically shift position is plausible.
That is what happens at the start of this book, the rotational axis shifts from the current location at the North Pole to a new position in North Dakota. Massive tsunami, blasts of cold air that quick-freezes everything and fiery blasts of heat render large sections of the Earth uninhabitable, killing billions. All but the lower section of the United States is a frozen wasteland and many other countries have essentially been destroyed by tsunamis that were nearly 100 feet high.
These climate changes have rendered Antarctica into a lush jungle and once the ice has melted, an enormous variety of plants appear. Merrill Whitney is a scientist who has fled civilization to an isolated location in Antarctica and his daughter Mirabelle manages to survive the freeze in New Hampshire. Once the worst consequences of the pole shift are over, the remaining major powers, the United States, the newly constituted European Federation, the People's Republic of China, the Soviet Union and the Arab Alliance agree that rather than fighting over the newly available territory of Antarctica, there would be a race. Each entrant would send a team from a starting point on the coast of Antarctica and the first to reach the geographic center would be declared the winner.
Given the knowledge possessed by the Whitney family about Antarctica, the president of the United States sends a Special Forces team to bring Mirabelle to Texas so that she can contact her father and increase the chances of a U. S. victory in the Antarctic race. While the United States and the European Union send solid teams, the Soviets, Chinese and Arab ones are determined to wipe out the competition. Several members of the Arab team are suicide bombers, whose goal is to infiltrate the other teams and wipe as many of them out as possible. The Soviet team contains an accomplished assassin, whose job is to kill members of the other teams.
With all of this as a backdrop, there is clearly enough to create an intense story of brutal competition. However, the author does not stop there, introducing species of dinosaurs that are capable of surviving a freeze of thousands of years. Unfortunately, it gets even worse, there is a species of giants, some fifteen feet tall living on Antarctica. Not only do they possess enormous strength, but they also have wings that allow them to fly, rows of sharp teeth and the tail of a scorpion. One of their favorite foods is human flesh and they are immortal with no souls. Some of the giants are the original Norse gods such as Thor and the biblical character of Goliath was a giant. In this story, Thor comes complete with his hammer.
There is also a biblical backdrop of interaction and interbreeding with humans, although the idea of a fifteen-foot creature interbreeding with a human seems preposterous. Biblical verses are quoted in support of the existence of these creatures, referred to as Nephilim. With most of the teams wiped out, the story becomes one of a battle between the American team and the giants. In another absurd plot twist, the humans learn that if they can dislodge the gold band that the giants wear around their head, then they lose their immortality and can be killed if their injuries are severe enough.
In my opinion, a potentially great story was lost when the author decided to introduce the dinosaurs and the Nephilim into the plot. Up to that point, there were scientific reasons to explain the shifting of the rotational pole but the idea that the Nephilim could exist is absurd. Basic physiological physics conclusively demonstrates that the human figure cannot grow to a height of fifteen feet. Most humans that have approached eight feet have had defective skeletal structures that rendered them almost immobile. It is also impossible for creatures of this size to fly, given the Earth's level of gravity and atmosphere. Finally, the interbreeding, biblical and mythological references reached the point where I just wanted to get to the end of the book.

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