Night Without End

When I was a lad, I very much liked Alistair MacLean novels. I was delighted to learn that they are now available on Nook. It is great to read some of his lesser known works, as opposed to “Where Eagles Dare”, “Ice Station Zebra” and “The Guns of Navarone”. My first re-introduction was “Night Withou......more

MacLean’s fifth novel earned him some of his best reviews, critics praising the evocative descriptive writing (the setting is the arctic) and the focused, intense narrative. It’s the first of a short run of novels written in the first person, a style which suited MacLean but which he abandoned entir......more

Scarily this was written the year I was born and I probably first read it in the early 70’s. So important to note this was one of the author’s earlier books and one where his craft was still being honed. And of course we have the technology of the 50’s. A small team at a research station in bleakest......more

As Sluggish as a Pre-War Citroen Tractor at 40 Below Night Without End had a lot of promise with a compelling scenario, exotic setting, and an appealing narrator. The first quarter or so of the book is page-turning and exciting. But once they set out on the tractor for the coast the book sputters and......more

One of Alistair MacLean's earliest thrillers, it's a well-paced, page-turner. Perfect setting, the frigid Greenland ice sheet, a group of scientists rush to save the passengers of a plane which has crashed on the plateau. What they find is even more surprising as some of the passengers are more than......more