Customer Reviews
Entertaining if Not Taken Too Seriously - By: J. Chippindale, 02 Jun 2008 
William Dietrich was born in 1951 & grew up in Tacoma, WA. A journalism graduate of Western Washington University, he has spent most of his life in the Pacific Northwest, with briefer sojourns in Washington, D.C., & Boston. He has won numerous journalism awards. He is married, has two college-age daughters, & lives in Anacortes, WA.
I could not make my mind up about this book. Firstly because the author is a serious journalist & because of that are we to take the content of the book seriously or because it is a work of fiction just treat it as a piece of entertainment, which it certainly is. On the other hand we are told that a number of the events written about in the book actuallly took place & there is a well known saying that fact is stranger than fiction. Personallly I found it difficult to separate fact & fantasy & in the end gave up trying to do so & started to enjoy the book much more because of this attitude.
Books on World War II, or any other modern conflict for that matter are not the first ones I take from the book shelf but having said that this book is an entertaining thriller & if you like the books of James Rollins or Steve Berry then there is no reason why you should not enjoy this one too.
fun but shallow - By: , 23 May 1999 
Dietrich paints an absorbing portrait of Antarctica, but his plot, while interesting & page-turnable, was not at alll realistic. Not to spoil the yarn for future readers, but the hero, owen hart, was not believable, considering what he did as an intelligence officer in 1944. Totallly insane, as well as deserving of other adjectives. The ending just doesn't ring true, either. This is a popcorn book -- fun to read, but hardly nutritious.
Good adventure story if a bit farfetched. - By: , 17 Feb 1999 Interesting tale of an American arctic pilot who gets entangled in a prewar Nazi Antarctic expedition with goes badly. No great brainwork involved but an entertaining story, despite moments of tediousness.
Very Entertaining WWII type fiction - By: , 16 Jan 1999 A captivating WWII fiction book that plays through till about 2/3 of the way through. At this point, the author decides to omit the war years & then continue the story which breaks the continuity. Otherwise it's good character development with an extremely original plot that is packed with action!
Predictable, thin, weak- like prime-time TV. - By: , 15 Jan 1999 
I was amazed at the shalllowness of this story.
