Book description
At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic, a battle to save all life on
Earth is about to begin...
When Dragon Island, a top-secret base that houses a weapon of terrible
destructive force is seized by a brutal terrorist force calling itself
the Army of Thieves, the fate of the world suddenly hangs in the
balance. But there are no crack units close enough to get to Dragon in
time to stop the Army setting off the weapon.
Except, that is, for a small equipment-testing team up in the Arctic
led by a Marine captain named Schofield, call-sign SCARECROW...
Matthew Reilly wrote his first book, CONTEST, in 1994 whilst attending
the University of New South Wales. It was rejected by every major
publishing company. This caused Reilly to self-publish 1,000 copies
using money borrowed from his family. One copy was read by Pan
Macmillan, who immediately signed Reilly up to write ICE STATION, which
became an international bestseller. Since then, he has been published in
more than 20 languages, selling over 3. 5 million copies worldwide.
