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  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9780099523871
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $35.00

Blood and Ice




A force stronger than death awakes from the frozen depths... A stunning supernatural thriller set in Victorian England and modern day Antarctica

When journalist Michael Wilde is commissioned to write a feature about a remote research station deep in the frozen beauty of Antarctica he is prepared for some extraordinary sights. But on a diving expedition in the polar sea he comes across something so extraordinary to be almost unbelievable - a man and woman chained together, deep in the ice. The doomed lovers are brought to the surface but as the ice begins to thaw the scientists discover the unusual contents of the bottles buried behind the pair, and realise they are all in terrible danger...

  • Published: 1 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9780099523871
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $35.00

About the author

Robert Masello

Robert Masello is an award-winning journalist, television writer, and the author of many previous books, most recently Blood and Ice. His articles and essays have appeared often in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, People and Parade, and his nonfiction book, Robert's Rules of Writing, has become a staple in many college classrooms. His television credits include such popular shows as Charmed, Sliders and Early Edition. He lives in Santa Monica, CA.

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Praise for Blood and Ice

A stunning thriller... Blood and Ice will chill you to the bone.

Lisa Gardner, bestselling author of Say Goodbye

This fascinating adventure on The Ice really captures the feeling you sometimes get down there, that anything can happen. The science, romance and danger of Antarctica are all well conveyed, and merge into the thrill that is the true Antarctic experience.

Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Antarctica

Masello is a true master at blending cutting edge science, historical intrigue, and riveting thrills. Blood and Ice is... a riotous mix of history, cryogenics, vampirism, and a chilling adventure set in the Antarctic.

James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Oracle

[An] exceptional supernatural thriller...The thrills and, most decidedly, the chills mount to a believable, sad and hopeful ending. Fans of John Campbell's 'Who Goes There?'-the basis for the movie The Thing-will find much to like.

Publishers Weekly

The ingredients of vampirism, doomed romance and Antarctic adventure are too seductive to resist. Masello has written a winner, destined for Hollywood

Peter Millar, The Times

If H.G Wells, Stephenie Meyer and Michael Crichton co-wrote a novel, the result would be Blood and Ice

USA Today

This big, meaty, supernatural thriller spans centuries and continents from Victorian England and the Crimean War to modern Americaa and Antarctica. Gripping

Guardian