A fast-paced, fun read. Four stars…
I first decided to read Arctic Fire by Stephen Frey because I was looking for a good Action/Adventure read. Having found the book’s cover to be appealing and the plot summary to be interesting – I decided I’d go for it.
In Arctic Fire, readers meet Troy Jensen, daredevil extraordinaire – a man who never met anything he couldn’t conquer, achieve or excel at. That is, not until he decided to take a job on a crab boat named Arctic Fire where his luck apparently changed for the worse. Not long after leaving port, Troy was knocked overboard by a massive rogue wave and drowned in the Bering Sea.
News of Troy’s death is met with feelings of intense shock and disbelief from his friends and loved ones. Most of them realize that they need to let go and find a way to come-to-terms with this terrible tragedy. And everyone does just that – everyone except for Troy’s brother Jack. Jack couldn’t believe that his ‘untouchable’ brother had succumbed to the ocean’s fury while the remainder of the Arctic Fire’s crew had survived without so much as even a scratch. That wasn’t the way the world worked for Troy. Troy always saved those around him, and, more often than not, he would only have a bruise or two to show for his efforts.
Intent on finding his brother, Jack high-tails it to Alaska before Troy’s trail can get any colder. (Yes, pun intended). And while Jack desperately wants to uncover the truth, he soon learns that there is a higher power that wants the reasons behind Troy’s fate to remain concealed.
Without providing any additional storyline, let me just say that Arctic Fire was a fast-paced, interesting and well-written read (although I sometimes felt as if I was watching an episode of Deadliest Catch). My only complaint(?) about Arctic Fire was that I didn’t really ‘get’ the ending – I’m hoping that was just Frey’s way of extending the plot to an upcoming sequel.