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Ice Prophet #3
A Darkness Upon the Ice
[MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.]
[Read by Elijah Alexander]
The end of the beginning . . .
For two thousand years mankind had suffered a return to the Dark Ages. If Ormson was defeated it might never progress.
His armies of Companions had taken Cornath's capital, and his suicidal ramfleets had swept Cornath's fleet from the world-girdling ice. But Michael Ormson -- called the Ice Prophet by some -- had not brought relief to the common people, and his officers were making powerful enemies.
Soon Ormson would be fighting for his life -- and the outcome would decide whether mankind would forever be prisoner to the forces that had condemned Galileo millennia before.
[Read by Elijah Alexander]
The end of the beginning . . .
For two thousand years mankind had suffered a return to the Dark Ages. If Ormson was defeated it might never progress.
His armies of Companions had taken Cornath's capital, and his suicidal ramfleets had swept Cornath's fleet from the world-girdling ice. But Michael Ormson -- called the Ice Prophet by some -- had not brought relief to the common people, and his officers were making powerful enemies.
Soon Ormson would be fighting for his life -- and the outcome would decide whether mankind would forever be prisoner to the forces that had condemned Galileo millennia before.
288 pages, Paperback
First published February 12, 1985
About the author
William R. Forstchen
120 books1,777 followersWilliam R. Forstchen (born 1950) is an American author who began publishing in 1983 with the novel Ice Prophet. He is a Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina. He received his doctorate from Purdue University with specializations in Military History, the American Civil War and the History of Technology.
Forstchen is the author of more than forty books, including the award winning We Look Like Men of War, a young adult novel about an African-American regiment that fought at the Battle of the Crater, which is based upon his doctoral dissertation, The 28th USCTs: Indiana’s African-Americans go to War, 1863-1865 and the "Lost Regiment" series which has been optioned by both Tom Cruise and M. Night Shyamalan.
Forstchen’s writing efforts have, in recent years, shifted towards historical fiction and non fiction. In 2002 he started the “Gettysburg” trilogy with Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich; the trilogy consists of Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, Grant Comes East, and Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant - The Final Victory. More recently, they have have published two works on the events leading up to Pearl Harbor and immediately after that attack Pearl Harbor, and Days of Infamy.
In March 2009, Forstchen’s latest work, One Second After, (Forge/St. Martin’s books) was released. Based upon several years of intensive research and interviews, it examines what might happen in a “typical” American town in the wake of an attack on the United States with “electro-magnetic pulse” (EMP) weapons. Similar in plotting to books such as On the Beach and Alas Babylon, One Second After, is set in a small college town in western North Carolina and is a cautionary tale of the collapse of social order in the wake of an EMP strike. The book has been optioned by Warner Bros. and currently is in development as a feature film. The book was cited on the floor of Congress and before the House Armed Services Committee by Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R.-MD), chair of the House Committee tasked to evaluate EMP weapons, as a realistical portrayal of the potential damage rendered by an EMP attack on the continental United States.
Forstchen resides near Asheville, North Carolina with his daughter Meghan. His other interests include archaeology, and he has participated in several expeditions to Mongolia and Russia. He is a pilot and co owns an original 1943 Aeronca L-3B recon plane used in World War II.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/willia...
Forstchen is the author of more than forty books, including the award winning We Look Like Men of War, a young adult novel about an African-American regiment that fought at the Battle of the Crater, which is based upon his doctoral dissertation, The 28th USCTs: Indiana’s African-Americans go to War, 1863-1865 and the "Lost Regiment" series which has been optioned by both Tom Cruise and M. Night Shyamalan.
Forstchen’s writing efforts have, in recent years, shifted towards historical fiction and non fiction. In 2002 he started the “Gettysburg” trilogy with Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich; the trilogy consists of Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, Grant Comes East, and Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant - The Final Victory. More recently, they have have published two works on the events leading up to Pearl Harbor and immediately after that attack Pearl Harbor, and Days of Infamy.
In March 2009, Forstchen’s latest work, One Second After, (Forge/St. Martin’s books) was released. Based upon several years of intensive research and interviews, it examines what might happen in a “typical” American town in the wake of an attack on the United States with “electro-magnetic pulse” (EMP) weapons. Similar in plotting to books such as On the Beach and Alas Babylon, One Second After, is set in a small college town in western North Carolina and is a cautionary tale of the collapse of social order in the wake of an EMP strike. The book has been optioned by Warner Bros. and currently is in development as a feature film. The book was cited on the floor of Congress and before the House Armed Services Committee by Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R.-MD), chair of the House Committee tasked to evaluate EMP weapons, as a realistical portrayal of the potential damage rendered by an EMP attack on the continental United States.
Forstchen resides near Asheville, North Carolina with his daughter Meghan. His other interests include archaeology, and he has participated in several expeditions to Mongolia and Russia. He is a pilot and co owns an original 1943 Aeronca L-3B recon plane used in World War II.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/willia...
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May 12, 2025
This series actually manages to limit itself to a trilogy and while it looks like it plans to drag its feet in the first half, it manages to pick up the pace to reveal a conclusion. These days you need to actually consider the completeness as a feature of a series, because I know several friends refuse to delve into incomplete series. In case the author might die or some other such series of unfortunate events might lead to wasted time (by their words). I wouldn't make it such of a big deal. It's not a problem with Martin or Rothfuss won't finish their series. Journey before destination!
7 years have passed and the prophet is sick and in hiding. New age has not come, because the war continues and the chaos it brings with it to the common people. Chaos used by his opponents masterfully to infiltrate.
7 years have passed and the prophet is sick and in hiding. New age has not come, because the war continues and the chaos it brings with it to the common people. Chaos used by his opponents masterfully to infiltrate.
July 7, 2019
The ending of this book leaves me conflicted...I liked the story in the first book, but the second book and this book took it in an all too predictable ending that is still worth reading, but nonetheless leaves you feeling a bit dissatisfied, especially because it is the last book, and there's enough loose ends left that you want to know what will happen afterwards.
December 8, 2012
I'm sorry guys, but I just tried to listen to the audio book edition of this book. Big mistake! The series may be the greatest thing since DUNE, but when the reader voices the protagonist as something that sounds like the bastard offspring of the unholy mating of a certain Hollywood muscle opera purveyor cum the governor of the great state of California and Teddy Kennedy's nasal Boston brahmin voice, I had to flee. Everytime I heard that voice i kept remembering Saturday Night Live skits and couldn't stop giggling. this forced me to miss the exciting conclusion to the opening sword fight. Pity, I am sure thet that voice would have been a dead on ringer for Tony Curtis' unforgettable role in the movie The Vikings in which he declaimed his lines in the most annoying Bronx accent you will hear north of, say, the Bronx,
it will be awhile before I can find a book {maybe even a kindle book by then?} and read it without those silly voices in my head.
it will be awhile before I can find a book {maybe even a kindle book by then?} and read it without those silly voices in my head.
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