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An epic love story & adventure set against the stunning backdrop of Antarctica. Alice Peel is a geologist. She believes in observation & proof. But now she stands alone on the deck of a rickety Chilean ship as a stark landscape reveals itself. Instead of the familiar measurable world everything that lies ahead of her is unknown & unpredictable. Six weeks earlier her life was comfortably unfolding in an Oxford summer. Then with her relationship suddenly in pieces she accepted an invitation to join a group working at the end of the earth: Antarctica. James Rooker is a man on the run. Hes been running since his childhood in New Zeal&. Now there is nowhere further to go. He has taken a job working on the same small Antarctic research station. Alice discovers an ice-blue & silver world lit by sunlight. Nothing has prepared her for the beauty of it or the claustrophobia of a tiny base shared with eight men & one other woman. The isolation wipes out everyones past & tension crackles in the air. But there is a jolt of recognition between Alice & Rooker that is like nothing she has ever known. & it is in Antartica that she discovers something else that will change her life forever.. .if she survives.

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Silver - A colour based on the colour of the metal

Silver - A chemical element, metalic. Has the highest elctrical conductance of any element. Also known for its exceptional anitmicrobal properties

Ice - Frozen water, the solid state of water.

Blue - A primary colour

Tension - A force that is stretching an object

Tension - Also known as stress, a situation where a human can not cope with emotional or physical threats

Summer - The season between Spring and Autumn. Usually the hottest season of the year

sun - A star at the centre of the solar system.

World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti

running - A sport or hobbie of moving rapidly on foot. Can also refer to the running of equipment or run time refering to the length of time an applicance can run or the quiet running of an applicance.

Earth - A planet third from the sun. Similar size to Venus but rich in water and complex life.

Set - a group of items usually related to one another. Some objects cannot function without the complete set of items.

Love - Someone who shows deep affection for someone else.

Small - something that takes up less space than normal.

Adventure - an undertaking of an exciting challenge or experience.

Ice - Frozen water, Ice is cold to the touch and forms when water reaches 0 degrees centigrade.

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