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A battle for world domination with much of the action based in and around a secret United States of America Air Force base, known as Area 7, hidden deep below a mountain in Utah.
The USA has been developing a vaccine to fight a Chinese invented Sinovirus which as a consequence of genetic and racial differences will eliminate all but the Chinese race in a most unpleasant way.
A USA air force general, Caesar Russell, has gone rogue and has plans to manipulate the virus and the planned vaccine so that only white races can survive. Russell as well plans to kill the President of the United States and in turn take over the USA which provides an undercurrent to the main action in the plot.
One of the author’s dominant characters, Lt Shane “Scarecrow’ Schofield, who was previously introduced in the author’s first novel “Ice Station”, attempts to save the day with all manner of high technology machines, and weapons including the ‘Maghook’, a life saving modern age grappling hook.
“Scarecrow” Schofield moves fast from being a US Presidential guard on a military helicopter, flying and destroying space shuttles in space, riding blisteringly fast train rides in deep tunnels infested with mutating infectious material, meat eating Komodo dragons, rising water levels, murderous detonations and a collection of sidekicks male and female that either die in catastrophic ways or seemingly are invincible.
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Type: Fiction
Storyline: High action thriller
Time setting: Early 21st century
Time span: Majority of novel is over 5 hours.
Context: Military, high technology, combat
View: Third person
Violence: High level
Language: High level coarse
Descriptions of Sexual Activity: None
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Continues character and storyline development from second novel, 'Ice Station'.
The author provides a section at the end of the novel where he discusses his writing style, characters and his future plans. It adds another dimension and is a debriefing after the pace of the novel itself.
The novel contains a series of line drawings of Area 7 and maps that assist the reader to visualise directions, where and how the action is unfolding.
Photo of author included and authors website referenced www.matthewreilly.com .
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Contest (Version 1)
Ice Station
Temple
Contest (Version 2)
Scarecrow
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'The author of Ice Station is back and thrillers just got a whole lot faster. It is America's most secret base, hidden deep in the Utah desert, an Air Force installation known only as Area 7. And today it has a visitor: the President of the United States.
He has come to inspect Area 7, to examine its secrets for himself. But he's going to get more than he bargained for on this trip. Because hostile forces are waiting inside...
Among the President's helicopter crew, however, is a yound Marine. He is quiet, enigmatic, and he hides his eyes behind a pair of silver sunglasses. His name is Schofield. Call-sign:Scarecrow. Rumour has it, he's a good man in a storm. Judging by what the President has just walked into, he's better be...' (Back Cover)
'Buckle up, put the seat back, adjust the headrest and hang on' (Cover quote attributed to the Sunday Age.)
'Australia's new master of action' (Cover quote attributed to the Daily Telegraph.)
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This OEP entry based on large size paperback copy showing the following details:
Copyright Matthew Reilly, 2001
First Published 2001 in Macmillan by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited, St Martins Tower, 31 Market Street, Sydney.
Reprinted 2001 (twice)
ISBN 0 7329 1085 4
A823.3
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Charles Samson Russell, Lieutenant General USAF, Call-sign: Caesar
Shane M Schofield, Captain, USMC, Call-sign: Scarecrow
Michael Grier, Colonel, USMC, Call-sign: Gunman, Pilot
Michelle Dallas, Lieutenant Colonel, Co-pilot
Wendall Haynes, Sergeant, Call-sign: Elvis
Francis X. Cutler, Special Agent, Chief of the Detail
Carl Webster, Warrant Officer, Army
Rodney Hagerty, Colonel, USMC, White House Liaison Officer, Call-sign: HotRod or Ramrod.
Corbin Hendricks, Lieutenant, USMC, Call-sign: Colt
Elizabeth 'Libby' Gant, Staff Sergeant, USMC, Call-sign: Fox
Gena Newman, Gunnery Sergeant, USMC, Call-sign: Mother
Nicholas Tate III, President's Domestic Policy Adviser
Jerome T. Harper, Colonel, USAF Medical and Surgical Command, Commanding Officer, Area 7
Kurt Logan, Major, Commander 7th Special Operations Squadron
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1. Entry and synopsis developed 4 Jan 2004 from copy ISBN 0 7329 1085 4.
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