Acts of God
Acts of God by Brian John, published by Greencroft Books in 2014, is a fiction novel comprising 296 pages. Set against the backdrop of a perilous polar environment during the Cold War in 1962, the story follows a group of eight young men from Oxford University, led by the 22-year-old Stephen Hanna, as they embark on an expedition to East Greenland. What begins as an anticipated adventure quickly spirals into a harrowing struggle for survival as the explorers encounter a series of life-threatening challenges that suggest they are being pursued by an unseen enemy.
Readers will find a fast-moving conspiracy thriller that intertwines themes of comradeship and resilience in the face of overwhelming odds. As the explorers grapple with their dire circumstances, their scientific ambitions are overshadowed by the urgent need to survive. The narrative also involves the local Inuit community, who become inadvertently entangled in the unfolding conflict. With no weapons and limited resources, the explorers must rely on their survival skills and determination as they confront the dangers that threaten their lives.
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This is a fast-moving conspiracy thriller in the tradition of Dan Brown, Alistair MacLean, Clive Cussler and Hammond Innes, set in a magnificent yet deadly polar environment. It is also an inspiring story of comradeship and survival against overwhelming odds. At the height of the Cold War in 1962, eight young men arrive in the Arctic wilderness of East Greenland, on an expedition from Oxford University. The party is led by Stephen Hanna, just 22 years old. The explorers expect to enjoy the adventure of a lifetime, and to undertake scientific work in the most spectacular fjord landscape on earth. But as soon as they arrive, things start to go wrong, and following a series of close encounters with death they realize that their misfortunes are not occurring purely by chance. The explorers are too inquisitive and too intelligent for their own good, and after some weeks in the field they realize that they know too much, and that they are being hunted down by an invisible and implacable enemy. Prematurely their research plans have to be abandoned, and their adventure turns into a fight for survival. As the death toll mounts, the people of a small Inuit settlement are also caught up in a conflict which they want nothing to do with. At last the explorers get angry, and although they have no weapons and no means of transport, they are fit and they know how to survive in the Arctic. Their only option is to go onto the offensive, in the full knowledge that they will probably not come out of the conflict alive.
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