SPIRE edition by Fiona Snyckers Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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A container of viruses – mutated and cryogenically frozen – is brought under heavy guard to SPIRE, a remote research station in Antarctica. Within days, people are dying of diseases that haven’t been seen since the middle ages.
Surgeon and virologist, Dr Caroline Burchell, struggles to contain the outbreak as a vicious polar storm descends on SPIRE. The weather prevents any help from getting through to the loneliest outpost on earth.
Soon Caroline discovers that the only thing worse than being alone in this desolate place, is not being alone.
This compulsive thriller with its compassionate and resourceful heroine will keep you turning pages late into the night. Spire is a sequel to Fiona Snyckers’ suspense novel Now Following You, which was long-listed for the Sunday Times Literary Award.
SPIRE edition by Fiona Snyckers Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
Fiona Snyckers had me glued to a chair until I finished this thriller! Imagine Antarctica in winter, with giant storms and unimaginably dangerous conditions outside the almost impregnable base, where Caroline and a group of about 50 people prepare to face the coldest months that exist on earth. Caroline is the doctor, with one highly trained male South African black nurse to assist her. The unthinkable happens ... and Caroline is on her own ... or is she? Almost every chapter ends on a cliffhanger. I do not pretend to understand the mechanical stuff or the medical science, but I trust that the author did her research. Wow, this is a roller-coaster ride of a book! It should make a brilliant film. Highly recommended for those who like fairly fast-paced thrillers.Product details
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SPIRE edition by Fiona Snyckers Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
Spire by Fiona Snyckers is a recommended thriller set in Antarctica.
Dr. Caroline Burchell is a surgeon and virologist who has been chosen to join the team of SPIRE and spend the winter in Antarctica doing research. SPIRE stands for the South Pole International Research Establishment. Caroline has brought vials of cryogenically frozen viruses that she plans to study over the 8-9 months she will be there. Before she can even begin her research though, the whole team there is coming down with a wide ranging number of diseases that are represented in her vials. The only problem is that the seals on her vials are all still intact which means someone else has brought the same deadly diseases to the station and released them. Soon Caroline is the only survivor with no hope of rescue in sight; however soon mysterious occurrences in the station make her suspect that there may be another survivor hiding from her.
The set up to Spire is intriguing as I am always up for virus-outbreak stories. Then it changed into potentially an exciting lone-woman-against-the-elements story. For a brief, shining moment I thought it was going to be sort of a twist on The Martian, or Endurance, only with a female doctor trapped at an Antarctica research station, but it soon lost some of its initial momentum and morphed into something else. The quality of the writing is adequate, no glaring problems and written in a simple, easy to follow style reminiscent of a YA novel.
Once the story changed, it lost its energy. The viruses were introduced to eliminate everyone and add a twist that was, quite frankly, not very believable. Add to this Caroline's finding a cat at the station, and her ability to use the internet, contact people, including colleagues and her family, Skype, etc., made the disorienting sense of isolation and solitude vanish. The horrible sense of isolation and potential for death, etc., was really only fully utilized during one part of the plot. FYI, it's also not a very tech-savvy novel for those of you who care about such things.
Now, it is still an interesting story. It was easy to set all my misgivings aside and just enjoy the novel as is. Don't expect any great use of the viruses, though, beyond a plot element to isolate Caroline. This is an airplane book. It will hold your attention and help pass the time but you won't worry if you never finish it. Apparently it is a sequel to the novel Now Following You, but you won't need to read that before Spire.
Disclosure My review copy was courtesy of Clockwork Books.
I really enjoy reading books about extremely cold locations so of course anything based on Antarctica is going to be on my radar.
This is one of the best fiction books I've read about this dangerous, inhospitable environment.
Dr. Caroline Burchell from Johannesburg, South Africa, has been chosen to be the resident surgeon at the SPIRE base and to winter-over at the SPIRE base. She is also a virologist and plans on testing the incubation period of viruses in isolated communities (and what is more isolated than Antarctica in the winter).
What she doesn't expect is for her fellow residents at the base to start getting extremely ill from exotic viruses - viruses that only Caroline has access to.
I loved Caroline's character - a very strong woman placed in impossible circumstances.
The story was fast-paced and full of action and "oh s**t" moments. I loved the whole story from beginning to end.
I received this book from Clockwork Books through Net Galley in exchange for my unbiased review.
Great read - gripping page turner that keeps you wanting to read on...
Couldn't put it down. Was kept in suspence to the very end. Learned much about Antartica and living and operating in extreme circumstances.
Spire is the second in the Sisters Trilogy and as good as the first book, Now Following You. I found this story of the sister, Caroline, engrossing. She is an extraordinarily strong woman left alone (but maybe not) to face a nine month winter on the base camp at Antarctica. I am in awe of her heroism and sheer courage. I loved finding out about conditions on Antarctica. Besides being a page-turner, the setting is fascinating and the research staggeringly thorough.
A riveting pot-boiler that ruined my day by coming to an end. The twists and turns got me so anxious I had to go make a pizza to calm down. Seriously. Medically, technologically and cyber-rich in the most fascinating ways. The author must have endlessly badgered experts to achieve such research excellence. This has to become a movie. Zero chance of you predicting outcomes. I just clung to the hope that the good guys mostly win. Not a single typo. Rare even from giant publishing houses. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.
Fiona Snyckers had me glued to a chair until I finished this thriller! Imagine Antarctica in winter, with giant storms and unimaginably dangerous conditions outside the almost impregnable base, where Caroline and a group of about 50 people prepare to face the coldest months that exist on earth. Caroline is the doctor, with one highly trained male South African black nurse to assist her. The unthinkable happens ... and Caroline is on her own ... or is she? Almost every chapter ends on a cliffhanger. I do not pretend to understand the mechanical stuff or the medical science, but I trust that the author did her research. Wow, this is a roller-coaster ride of a book! It should make a brilliant film. Highly recommended for those who like fairly fast-paced thrillers.
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