Seven ancient wonders, the six sacred stones, the five greatest warriors and the four legendary kingdoms. Ice station, the first book in the scarecrow series, is a must read for fans of action thrillers. Buy a cheap copy of ice station book by matthew reilly. Jan 01, 2010 buy ice station the scarecrow series reprints by reilly, matthew isbn. Enjoy the best matthew reilly quotes at brainyquote.
Three episodes were recorded as an attempt at a pilot for a full audio drama. Matthew reilly books online qbd books australias premier. Alistair maclean meets the xfiles, in a first novel by australian writer reilly thats as silly and satisfying as a widescreen hollywood blockbuster. A team of united states force recon marines led by shane schofield, code named scarecrow, arrives at the station. Written by matthew reilly in 1998, ice station is the. A riproaring, boys own adventure for the modern age, the novel by acclaimed australian author, matthew reilly is a fantastic way to pass the time spent in isolation. A fabulous hovercraft chase ensues, followed by even more spectacular movie style stunts with a genuine cliffhanger, just for fun.
Author information matthew reilly is the international bestselling author of thirteen novels. Born july 2nd, 1974, matthew reilly is the international bestselling author of ten novels, ice station, temple, contest, area 7, scarecrow, hover car racer, seven ancient wonders, the six sacred stones, the five greatest warriors and the four legendary kingdoms. His books often contain many examples of both fictional and realworld firearms and military technology, simply for plot advancement. Reillys books have been published in around 17 countries using 14 different languages.
I will never forget the moment i formed a bond with an australian author named matthew reilly. The 6 sacred stones, 7 deadly wonders, ice station, temple, contest, area 7, scarecrow, and the childrens book hover car racer, and one novella, hell island. One of my recent screenplays is total scifi, with spaceships and planets and creatures, so i might leave my scifi dreams to the movie. When gant joined the usmc and met shane schofield at pearl harbour, she immediately became attracted to him. You all know why were here, to support a great author and get his books on the big screen. A fastpaced thriller from bestselling author matthew reilly, ice station. His books are published in over 20 languages, with worldwide sales.
Aug 01, 1998 ice station, the first book in the scarecrow series, is a must read for fans of action thrillers. The movie rights for his hover car racer got optioned by walt disney and paramount did the same with his ice station. Matthew reilly is the internationally bestselling author of the scarecrow novels. Feb 09, 2008 ice station by matthew reilly film adaptation. It follows schofield and his marine recon unit as they investigate an ice station in antarctica. Matthew reilly audio books, best sellers, author bio. Ice station by matthew riley was conceived under a simple premise. Reilly wrote his second book, ice station, while he was still studying at university and it was quickly picked up by publishers in the us, uk and germany. And now, shane scarecrow schofield returns with his most harrowing and explosive adventure yet.
He then followed it up by writing ice station before he had even graduated from. They have found something unbelievable buried deep below the surface trapped inside a layer of ice 400 million years old. Hold onto your seats as you are in for one hell of a story, and it could be hell getting there and back out again. Matthew reilly is an international bestselling author, screenwriter and producer. These are two of the best books in shane schofield series by matthew reilly, ice station. Contest, ice station, temple, area 7, scarecrow, hover car racer, hell island, seven ancient wonders, the six sacred stones, the five greatest warriors, scarecrow and the army of thieves, the tournament, the great zoo of china and the upcoming troll mountain.
Put simply, it costs big dollars to make big action scenes. Starring george clooney so i heard from someone today that there is going to be a film adaptation of matthew reillys ice station and that george clooney is supposed to star as scarecrow. Contest, ice station, temple, area 7, scarecrow, hover car racer, seven ancient wonders, the six sacred stones, the five greatest warriors and scarecrow and the army of thieves, and one novella, hell island. It is read by sean mangan who reads most of matthew reillys books and gives his usual polished performance. Anarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. Matthew reilly believe think language way when i started writing, i was reading people such as tom clancy or michael crichton, who did jurassic park, which is possibly the most actionfilled book youll read, apart from mine, and i said to myself, why arent these guys doing bigscale action like you would see in a movie. Published in late 1998, ice station was an instant hit, delivering a new style of action thriller to australian readers. Schofield seemed to feel the same, and despite becoming good friends did not admit to their feelings. Antarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses.
Jul 07, 2015 preachrs podcast online and onstage is delighted to be bringing you a full cast audio drama of matthew reillys acclaimed action thriller novel ice station. She was born mayte michelle rodriguez on july 12, 1978, in san antonio, texas, to carmen milady pared espinal, from the dominican republic, and rafael rodriguez santiago, who served in the u. Schofields primary love interest, gant was one of the original members of his reconnaissance team sent to wilkes ice station. Matthew reilly dazzled the world with his electrifying thrillers ice station and temple.
Matthew reilly s ice station live was performed at the adelaide fringe festival in 2016. Scarecrow and his team are sent as the forward team to secure an ice station in. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ice station. While it was rejected by every publishing company in the sydney area, he was able to borrow some money to selfpublish 1,000 copies. The cast of the bestselling novel ice station by matthew reilly. But with books, the limit of your budget is the limit of your imagination. Written by matthew reilly in 1998, ice station is the riveting story of lieutenant shane schofield and his crack team of us marines, whose mission is to secure an important discovery at an antarctic. Matthew reilly is an australian novelist, known for his fastpaced actionthrillers. Ice station, by matthew reilly asked what he loved about natalie, reilly says. Matthew reillys ice station live was performed in the adelaide fringe 2016 and piloted the first three episodes of a proposed full audio drama. It was to be the first in a series of shane schofield movies, which matthew reilly said was okay with him, but structurally it means introducing characters like scarecrow and mother and book and fox within the framework of the story in scarecrow, as opposed to the prequel ice station. Ice station is matthew reillys second novel, and is the first to feature shane scarecrow schofield. Some of the wilkes science team have mysteriously disappeared after finding an unidentified alien.
Buy ice station poster book online at best prices in india on. As of 2017 no further updates on the project have been announced. Ice station was a direct response to hollywood action movies. Matthew reilly lost his wife to suicide he shares his. Ice station mass market paperback by matthew reilly. This was the first adaptation of his works outside of a literary format. It is almost that perfect match, in that i would lean forward and she would lean back she was gentle, and kind, and generous to a fault. Ice station was the second matthew reilly book that i ever listened to and i fell in love with the characters. Matthew reilly thinks that is bullshit, that novels can definitely be. It was snapped up by major publishers in the us, uk and germany. Known for toughchick roles, michelle rodriguez is proof that there is a cross between beauty and brawn. This story is set in and around wilkes station on antarctica. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. One of my recent screenplays is total scifi, with spaceships and planets and creatures, so i might leave my scifi dreams to the movie world.
Matthew john reilly born 2 july 1974 is an australian author who writes extremely fastpaced action novels. Ice station german edition audiobook by matthew reilly. Matthew reilly has optioned the rights of several of his novels to different movie corporations in order to allow them to be adapted into either films or television series. Matthew reillys ice station live announcement youtube. In ice station you have scarecrow and team heading to antarctica there is something hidden in the ice that has now caused concern and all the nations want a part of it. The conventional view for action movies at least is that movies are the less civilized, more spectacle oriented medium compared to literature, the more proper, narrative oriented stories. Matthew reilly is the international bestselling author of eight novels. Reilly is a huge movie fan and owns several movie prop reproductions.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Matthew reilly lost his wife to suicide he shares his story. Ice station, area 7, scarecrow, scarecrow and the army of thieves and the novella hell island. Matthew reilly s ice station live was performed in the adelaide fringe 2016 and piloted the first three episodes of a proposed full audio drama.
Matthew reilly is the internationally bestselling author of many novels including contest, temple, ice station, area 7, scarecrow, hover car racer, seven ancient wonders, the six sacred stones, the five greatest warriors, scarecrow and the army of thieves, the great zoo of china, troll mountain, and the sunday times bestseller the tournament. Based on the international bestseller matthew reilly s mock ice station movie trailer. Ice station by matthew reilly film adaptation starring. Series for a tv series and so bought the rights to the book series. I figured that when you make a movie, you are limited by your budget. After a diving team at wilkes ice station is killed, the station sends out a distress signal. Like i said 4 hours of transformersstyle robotthrashing, rather than 30 minutes.
If youre looking for a great action adventure series featuring larger than life characters then ice station is a great introduction. At a remote us ice station in antarctica, a team of scientists has made an amazing discovery. After a team of american scientists at wilkes ice station discover what seems to be a spaceship in a fourmillionyearold cavern below the ice, two of the divers disappear while checking out the craf. Shane scarecrow schofield has been dispatched to wilkes station after receiving their distress call. Novels that he has written that have been optioned for film include ice station paramount, hover car racer disney and seven deadly wonders abc tv. For those readers looking to get into novels by matthew reilly, this section will help with that. These include a lifesize statue of han solo frozen in carbonite from one of the star wars. It will go over the novels ice station, area 7, and scarecrow. Ice station is matthew reilly s second novel, and is the first to feature shane scarecrow schofield. Sep 18, 2016 ice station by matthew riley was conceived under a simple premise. Movies are constrained by budgets, matthew continues.
Matthew reilly is the international bestselling author of ten novels. And now, shane scarecrow schofield returns with his most harrowing and. Jun 24, 2012 ice station, by matthew reilly asked what he loved about natalie, reilly says. A shane schofield thriller ebook written by matthew reilly. Make matthew reilly books into movies home facebook. Ice station by matthew reilly this is really one for the men out there if im totally honest. Matthew reilly australian story the other side youtube. A shane schofield thriller kindle edition by reilly, matthew.
Matthew reilly was married to natalie freer from 2004 until her death from suicide in 2011. Matthew reilly is amazing at blending fact with fiction into his stories, then pounding them with overthetop action. Scientists have found something alien under the ice. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ice station. If i go that way again, itll be more like ice station, with the premise centring on the possibility of alien life, not actual aliens. An australian interview with matthew reilly, in matthew reilly, temple, london 2000, n. I figured that when you make a movie, you are limited. His books are published in over 20 languages, with worldwide sales exceeding to 4 million copies. Ice station 2000 read online free book by matthew reilly.
As of late 2019, no film or television adaptions have been officially announced as having entered the production stage. This is the first novel in the shane schofield series and was released in the year 1998. Starring george clooney so i heard from someone today that there is going to be a film adaptation of matthew reilly s ice station and that george clooney is supposed to star as scarecrow. His books have been compared to indiana jones on fast forward, with some of the wildest and most sustained battles in an action thriller.
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