Fire and Ice [Paperback]

Paul Garrison (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Harper Collins; Advance edition (1998)
• ASIN: B000GLKAYY
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

More About the Author

PAUL GARRISON was born in New York and currently lives in Connecticut. He has spent a lot of time on boats, and has published five thrillers, mostly sea-oriented: Fire And Ice; Red Sky At Morning; Buried At Sea; Sea Hunter; and The Ripple Effect. He is at work on a series of novels based on Robert Ludlum's The Janson Directive.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting and exciting, August 13, 2003

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Oddzilla - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fire and Ice (Mass Market Paperback)

This was a really good book and a true adventure story! It was hard to put it down. I didn't find it too technical as some of the previous reviewers mentioned. The only bad thing I could say about this book was that it was so suspenseful and the suspense went on and on for so long, that I got tired of being stressed out about it. It was like the author didn't know when to end the book, but just kept having bad things happen to the family. But overall, it was a great story and I recommend it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, sequel to Justin Scott's Shipkiller, November 4, 2001

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J. W. Hunt (Bath, ME USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fire and Ice (Mass Market Paperback)

As an avid sailor, I appreciate the accuracy of Garrison's portrayal. However, it certainly appears to me that this book is all but a sequel to Justin Scott's excellent sailing suspense novel The Shipkiller. Same boat (Swan 38), same characters (white Dr. inventor, black Doctor wife) whose background matches those of the characters from The Shipkiller. I think The Shipkiller is one of the best novels I've ever read. Fire and Ice is an excellent follow on. I am just surprised that there is no credit or mention of Shipkiller given.

(Since writing this review 8 years ago I have found out that Paul Garrison is a pseudonym. Paul Garrison IS Justin Scott. Thus the excellence of this sequel!)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars HOT COLD AND IN BETWEEN, March 23, 2001

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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fire and Ice (Mass Market Paperback)

One thing's for sure. Paul Garrison knows his sailing, and his oceanography/geography. In this, his debut novel, Garrison weaves a story about an unusual kidnapping that takes place aboard a natural gas carrier. Dr. Michael Stone's wife and daughter, Sarah and Ronnie, are held hostage by a madman named Mr. Jack, who has some devastating plans for his old enemies, the "Japs" as he calls them. His henchman, Moss, is a despicable muscle-bound moron, who takes pleasure in beating up women and perhaps even children?

"Fire and Ice" is a good read, a little technical in spots, that tends to slow down the action and the pacing. However, the story holds your interest and even if the slam-bang ending seems a trifle far-fetched, it delivers.

My biggest complaint is that the novel ends so abruptly; there is one villain we don't know what happens to him, and the heroes future seems up in the air as well.

If the ending had a stronger resolution, I would have gone with five stars. Worth the read, though.