FROZEN SOLID: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 01240013B60983
English Summary/英文概要： The most dangerous place on Earth
A devious and deadly plan to save humanity from itself
A lone scientist battling the clock and ruthless enemies to avert global catastrophe
The Deep Zone was hailed as “an absolutely phenomenal read by the new Michael Crichton” (Brad Thor), a book that “should come shrink-wrapped with a seat belt” (Steve Berry). Now, bestselling author James M. Tabor ups the ante and the action in his second extreme thriller, as brilliant and battle-tested heroine Hallie Leland confronts intrigue and murder in the most unforgiving place on Earth.
The South Pole’s Amundsen Scott Research Station is like an outpost on Mars. Winter temperatures average 100 degrees below zero; week-long hurricane-force storms rage; for eight months at a time the station is shrouded in darkness. Under the stress, bodies suffer and minds twist. Panic, paranoia, and hostility prevail.
When a South Pole scientist dies mysteriously, CDC microbiologist Hallie Leland arrives to complete crucial research. Before she can begin, three more women inexplicably die. As failing communications and plunging temperatures cut the station off from the outside world, terror rises and tensions soar. Amidst it all, Hallie must crack the mystery of her predecessor’s death.
In Washington, D.C., government agency director Don Barnard and enigmatic operative Wil Bowman detect troubling signs of shadowy behavior at the South Pole and realize that Hallie is at the heart of it. Unless Barnard and Bowman can track down the mastermind, a horrifying act of global terror, launched from the station, will change the planet forever—and Hallie herself will be the unwitting instrument of destruction.
As the Antarctic winter sweeps in, severing contact with the outside world, Hallie must trust no one, fear everyone, and fight to keep the frigid prison from becoming her frozen grave.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 地球上最為危險的地方
一項最為離奇的和致命的拯救人類自身計畫
一位科學家與無情的時間和敵人為人類避免全球性浩劫而孤身奮戰
《深層區域》曾被譽為是 “由新的邁克爾•克萊頓創作的一部絕佳之作” (布萊德•托爾)， “這將會是一部讓你毛骨悚然的驚悚小說” (史蒂夫•貝瑞)。 現在，暢銷書作者詹姆斯M•泰伯為您呈現了他的第二部極端恐怖的作品，當我們經過戰火洗禮的傑出女英雄哈利•利蘭（Hallie Leland）面對地球上最無人性地方的陰謀和謀殺案。
南極的（挪威）阿蒙森斯科特研究工作站是象一個在火星上的前哨站。冬天的平均溫度在零下的100度; 颶風以為期一周時間在狂嘯著; 哨站連續八個月被吞噬在這黑暗的世界中。在這種壓力之下，身體和頭腦備受著雙重煎熬。人們會變得恐慌、偏執和充滿著敵意。
當一位南極科學家神秘死亡，美國疾病控制中心（CDC）微生物學家哈利•利蘭（Hallie Leland）來到哨站要完成這項關鍵的研究。在她可以開始著手調查之前，三名婦女莫名地死去。由於通信中斷及室內溫度驟降，使得哨站駐地頓然與外界隔絕，恐怖和緊張的氣氛陡然上升。身在其中，哈利（Hallie）必須去揭開她的幾位科學前輩的神秘死亡奧秘。
在華盛頓特區，政府部門的一位主管唐•巴納德 (Don Barnard)和一位神秘的偵探威爾•鮑曼（Will Bowman）檢測到南極的這一令人不安的跡象，而他們馬上意識到哈利便是這些跡象的核心，除非巴納德和鮑曼能追蹤到來自前哨站內這幾起案件的幕後策劃者，將會永遠改變我們這個星球的，一次可怕的全球恐怖行動。而哈利自己也將會遭到這些毫無意識設備的毀滅。
隨著南極地區的冬季漸漸來臨，身處在與世隔絕的哨站內，哈利必須在這處即將變為自己的冰棺前，孤身一人在這冰冷的牢籠中奮戰。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：泰伯延續2012年發行的Hallie Leland系列恐怖小說，故事背景設置在南極州扣人心弦的情節中。故事發生於南極夏天的尾聲，Leland飛往一個南極研究工作站，她將在潛入冰層下去尋找對大多數生命體都會有害的一種極端微生物。 這種極端微生物，代碼命名Vishnu，這種微生物可以二氧化碳新陳代謝，因而能阻止地球氣候變化。由於飛離南極州的航班要停飛幾個月，所有要抓住這個時間空檔來執行這項危險任務。 同時，駐地的科學隊員開始紛紛吐血液，沒有明顯的原因的遭到致命的威脅。在這一系列沒有犯罪證據和證人的案件中，Leland必須獨自作戰。本書的作者泰伯不是第一位利南極荒蕪的環境作為素材的作家，但很少有操刀者又過於他的筆鋒。 (3月)—— 出版人周刊“A taut page-turner set in Antarctica. . . . Tabor’s not the first genre writer to take advantage of the forbidding conditions at the South Pole, but few have done so to better effect.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A taut page-turner . . . Tabor’s not the first genre writer to take advantage of the forbidding conditions at the South Pole, but few have done so to better effect.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
About the Author/作者介绍： 詹姆斯M泰伯是《深層區域》，《黑暗侵襲》這幾部暢銷作品的作者，他的《永佇於山》獲得了短篇小說的歐•亨利獎。他曾經是華盛頓特區的一名警官，一位置身於於探險的愛好者。泰伯曾是《時報》、《華爾街日報》、《華盛頓郵報》和《戶外》雜誌的特約編輯。他為（美國）公共廣播公司的偉大的戶外探險系列撰寫文稿和主持遮擋節目，他還曾是歷史旅遊頻道的《世界中心》的製片人和合作創始人。目前，他定居於佛蒙特州，醞釀他的下一步作品。James M. Tabor is the bestselling author of The Deep Zone, Blind Descent, and Forever on the Mountain and a winner of the O. Henry Award for short fiction. A former Washington, D.C., police officer and a lifelong adventure enthusiast, Tabor has written for Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Outside magazine, where he was a contributing editor. He wrote and hosted the PBS series The Great Outdoors and was co-creator and executive producer of the History Channel’s Journey to the Center of the World. He lives in Vermont, where he is at work on his next novel.
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