Dry Ice Hardcover – Bargain Price, August 16, 2011

Though it started slowly, Dry Ice quickly became the kind of novel you can't put down. I didn't want to sleep, didn't want to eat, didn't want to work. I wanted to know what would happen next. There is just the right amount of science mixed with the intrigue to make it appealing to sciencephiles while offering sciencephobes a degree of reality, which is what makes this story so engrossing. I kept wondering, "Can this happen? Or does it already?" By far my favorite Bill Evans book, and one I would highly recommend.

I gave this book five stars because it was well written and the characters are interesting. The plot evolved in a suspenseful fashion, with a lot of twists and turns. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good read.

An edge of your seat thriller, I couldn't put the book down. Just a little disappointed about the ending.

This is a very exciting story delivered in the same excellent, and often humerous, way he delivers the weather. Looking forward to more of his imaginative story telling.

Exciting thriller with unstoppable action.

"He, Greg Simpson, and his handpicked team had harnessed the immense power of the earth, something Man had tried to do for millennia by offering up prayers and penance, by deploying methods ranging from live sacrifices to cloud seeding. For centuries, humans had understood that weather was a critical variable in the outcome of wars--both the military and political varieties. Across time and civilizations, the gods of weather and war had been beseeched by the oppressed and appeased by the victors. Geniuses and madmen alike had devised plots and plans in their efforts to affect the weather, but none had ever succeeded in wresting control of the weather from the very forces that direct it. Until now...Greg's team had turned Nature itself into the last, best weapon in the world's history...Dry IceBy Bill Evans and Marianna JamesonWhen you know you are reading fiction, somehow in the back of your mind, you can always remind yourself it is just fiction...and it's not quite so scary, so chilling, so terrifying...Not so, with Dry Ice...One author is an expert in his field--in fact he is a multiple Emmy Award-winning, nationally renowned senior meterorologist in New York City. Jameson routinely writes in the fields of aerospace, defense, and software. I include a little about their credentials because, for me, I could clearly see the writers' expertise! If you are a reader, like me, who favors novels based upon today's issues, from those writers with the knowledge and experience to effectively create solid fiction based upon...the possibilities...then Dry Ice is your next must-read!You see, when experts write fiction, especially this one about the weather, you're never quite sure just how much of what is described is not already happening..."...A small cluster of the resident geniuses tapped away at their keyboards, working silently and nearly elbow to elbow in the 'sandbox,' the sequestered communal work area that occupied one end of the installation's high-security upper level. Some of the researchers were crafting new algorithms or speculating on outcomes, while others conducted white- and black-box testing of their software. Uniformly, their tasks were labors of love in a research endeavor never before undertaken by any private company. Governments had tried, but none had succeeded because none had had the leadership of a man as single-minded and intent on success as the one in charge of TESLA: Greg Simpson...its true purpose was known to few. TESLA existed to influence the weather. Perhaps control would be the better word. Or manipulate..."But once weather has been manipulated...the results may not be just what was created--it can continue on, creating further and further devastation! The old saying is relevant..."It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature!Because it is Mother Nature who becomes the main character in this novel!And Greg Simpson thought he now controlled her!Actually, Greg Simpson had been doing projects that were not approved by his boss...specifically, a number that was requested by a high-ranking government official. When it was discovered, his superiors realized that it might not be easy to actually get him to leave his position and steps were taken to hire his replacement and send her in, with security staff and company human resources personnel to get him out.But it was already too late. There had been enough early discussions for Simpson to begin to realize they wanted him out. But his ego wouldn't allow him to accept that they could get along without him. And he knew exactly how to show them!Tess Beauchamp had been hired to replace Simpson, only to arrive on her first day and be met with the terror, the unbelievable devastation that immediately began to happen across the world...I consider this a must-read for anybody who has any, I mean any, interest in ensuring that corporate and/or governmental power never becomes unstoppable...But has it already happened? Think about how many disasters have been caused by "natural causes (the weather)......The Pole I'm talking about, the one Flint is interested in,is the South Geomagnetic Pole, which is the best place to study--or interrupt--the earth's natural electromagnetism. And the talent they have sequestered down there on the Ice is a stellar group, ma'am. They pilfered several of our people from HAARP." She stopped. "Ms. President, do you know about HAARP?"Dry Ice--Scary, Compelling, Terrifyingly Real! Read It!Book ReceivedVia Amazon VineGABixlerReviews

This was an enjoyable thriller about weather and earth manipulation. Based on the works of Nicola Tesla, the story has the female protagonist take over from a mad senior whackadoodle who ran this installation in the most remote part of Antarctica. The company they work for is not happy with the way the bad guy has been running things, mostly behind their backs. Her job is to take over and stop whatever he's doing. The whole premise of the story is that the bad guy, Greg, sabotages the station so that whatever the hero Tess does, it makes things worse, destroying the world a bit more each time.Are there plot holes and flaws in this? Sure! Tons of them for the sake of drama. Could any of this actually happen? I wouldn't be surprised. However, I doubt it would get as far as it did before someone pulled the plug instead of trying to get around things the way they did before destroying half the world. However, I'm not reading these stories for reality. I'm reading them for fun. I had fun and was able to suspend enough of my disbelief to have a good time.My overall beef was that people, countries, the president, the CIA, the military, didn't react harsh enough given the circumstances. It seemed many of them were a bit too passive for the sake of the drama. That's okay. It was still a good ride.The writing was fairly crisp and the point of view was solid third person with no noticeable head hopping. The narrative didn't drag things down though the chapters and scenes tended to be a bit long so I wasn't able to read during commercials. Otherwise I had no big beefs with the writing.Overall, a good time with enough science and technology to keep me intrigued, whether it was possible or realistic or not. I'm not going to quibble. Recommended.