Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Ice Limit (USA 2016)

From the Publisher:
The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Ice Limit. A Novel. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781455595853 (July, 2016), 502 p., $7.99.

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Ice Limit (UK 2014)

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In the desolate reaches of southernmost Chile, a remarkable discovery has been made. It is a massive meteorite whose very existence will change science -- perhaps even mankind. In great secrecy, an expedition sets out on a converted tanker, bound for the bottom of the world. But almost as soon as the recovery process begins, the mysteries and enigmas begin to mount.

What appeared to be simply an engineering challenge quickly becomes a perilous undertaking, for the bizarre, implacable artefact may not be what it seems. And when a raging storm drives the tanker beyond the dangerous Antarctic latitude known as the Ice Limit, superstition, egos and the unknown clash to create a stunning finale that will risk the lives of everyone on board.

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Ice Limit. Head of Zeus, ISBN: 9781784970550 (December, 2014), eBook, 1.94 MB (ca. 288 p.), £5.99.

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Ice Limit (USA 2000)

From the Publisher:
On a desolate island off the coast of southern Chile, the largest known meteorite has been found, entombed in the earth for millions of years. In New York, a billionaire decides he must have this incredible find for himself, no matter what the cost. At four thousand tons, it will be the heaviest thing ever moved by human ingenuity. The effort to retrieve it will be most expensive, secretive, and sophisticated salvage mission ever mounted. But from the beginning, people begin to die.

Now a disgraced Chilean navy officer is out to stop the expedition, a brutal Pacific storm is raging toward them, and a frightening truth is beginning to unfold. The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them...

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Ice Limit. Go to the edge of the world to.... The Ice Limit. Warner Books, ISBN: 0446610232 (July, 2001), 501 p., $7.99.

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Ice Limit (USA 2000)

From the Publisher:
In the realm of adventure fiction Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are acclaimed masters. Fans describe the authors of The Relic, Riptide, and Thunderhead as a heady combination of Benchley and Cussler, and the equal of Crichton at melding scientific knowledge with gripping plot. Now their eagerly awaited new thriller is here. Warning: It will push you past the borders of suspense.

On a desolate island off the southern coast of Chile, an incredible discovery is made: a gigantic meteorite, the largest ever found, entombed in the earth for millions of years. Half a world away, billionaire entrepreneur Palmer Lloyd decides he must have it as the centerpiece of his grandiose new museum. He is willing to pay any price-in dollars and in lives. Getting it back to New York poses a particular challenge: It will be the heaviest object ever moved by humankind...

Fueled by Lloyd's money, an audacious expedition takes shape. Disguising a state-of-the-art ship as a rusted freighter, the expedition secretly heads southward with a fail-safe plan to steal the meteorite from Chile. Leading the group is an inscrutable engineer hired by Lloyd, and a world-famous meteorite hunter whose career was shattered by a controversial theory.

Soon, along the icy rim of Antarctica, in the grip of a frozen hell, the adventurers are confronted with a terrifying enigma about the origin-and nature-of the meteorite. It is a mystery they must solve-if they are to escape with their very lives.

Combining mesmerizing science, unbearable suspense, and great storytelling, Preston and Child once again produce a first-rate thriller that will have readers turning pages as fast they can, toward a shocking conclusion as powerful as the impact of a falling meteorite.

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child: The Ice Limit. A Novel. Warner Books, ISBN: 0446525871 (July, 2000), 449 p., $25.95.