Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire

Gabriel Hunt #4

by Gabriel Hunt, Christa Faust

A mission to Antarctica to find a missing scientist takes a shocking turn when Gabriel Hunt and the scientist's beautiful daughter discover a secret valley and the ruthless civilization that inhabits it.

Genres: Adventure, Fiction, Action, Pulp, Thriller

242 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

'Gabriel Hunt' is the pseudonym used by the group of authors writing this series.

Reviews

[Aaron]

Adventurer Gabriel Hunt assists a woman with finding her father, a scientist who disappeared while exploring a remote section of Antarctica. Hunt and his team uncover a lost world under the ice and find themselves in one deadly situation after another. Sometimes they wear clothes while doing it. Sometimes they don't.

As with the previous two Gabriel Hunt books I'd read, it was a great choice as a short, palate-cleansing adventure in the style of Indiana Jones. Thanks to author Christa Faust, this is by far the most ludicrous and the most entertaining of the three. It's that book about Nazi Amazons living under the South Pole who will set off a superweapon if you don't let them mate with you that you were always looking for.

[Timothy Mayer]

The Gabriel Hunt series continues to reward with this latest outing by mystery writer Christa Faust. In keeping with the theme, the book is listed as having been "told to" Faust. A nice Glen Orbick painting graces the cover too. It's good to see Ms. Faust generating more novels; I was quite impressed with Money Shot, her novel for Hard Case Crime (and I'm anxiously awaiting the sequel to it!).
In Beyond the Frozen Fire, Gabriel Hunt, rich adventurer and all-around hero, travels to the depths of the south polar region at the bequest of the beautiful Velda Silver, who is searching for her missing scientist father. The last known transmission from this esteemed antarctic researcher was received near an isolated polar station. Dr. Silver claimed that he could "see trees". Of course, Gabriel decides against the wishes of his brother Michael ( who stays behind doing the bookwork for the Hunt foundation) and heads south by way of New Zealand.
I should also mention the book opens with Gabriel saving the treasure-hunting Professor Fiona Rush from weapons dealers and cossacks on the Romanian boarder. How this figured into the rest of the novel puzzled me, but it did create a lively introduction.
In New Zealand, Gabriel quickly is joined by several companions. There is Rue Aparecido a fiery Brazilian woman, who also happens to be a crackerjack mechanic. Next is Maximillian ("Millie") Ventrose, Jr., a three-hundred pound, 6-f00t-seven, mountain of a man. Naturally, Velda Silver is also going along for the trip.
The action rapidly moves to the Antarctic research center where they assemble everything needed for finding the missing scientist. There's a huge Scandinavian man named Nils and a pilot called Speedo. At this point the action really starts moving along turning Frozen Fire into a superb page-turner. To describe more of the plot would be giving it away. But I will say that it involves blond Amazons, a lost world, and savage birds. And there are plenty of R-rated sex scenes.
Check out this book. You won't be disappointed.

[Victor Gentile]

Christa Faust in her book, “Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire” Book Four in the Gabriel Hunt series published by Titan Books gives us another adventure with Gabriel Hunt.

From the Back Cover: From the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of South America, from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen crags of Antarctica, one man finds adventure everywhere he goes: GABRIEL HUNT. Backed by the resources of the $100 million Hunt Foundation and armed with his trusty Colt revolver, Gabriel Hunt has always been ready for anything–but is he prepared for

The Frozen Fire?

Dr. Lawrence Silver vanished while researching a mysterious phenomenon near the South Pole. His beautiful daughter wants to know where and why–and it’s up to Gabriel Hunt to find out. But what they’ll discover at the heart of nature’s most brutal climate could change the world forever…

I think the most desolate continent on this planet is Antarctica. So where does Gabriel Hunt have to journey on this adventure? Yep, you guessed it. And, of course, he is not traveling alone. Gabriel has a whole cast of characters with him that he needs if he, and they, are to stay alive. “Hunt Beyond The Frozen Fire” is the perfect read to get your adrenalin going as there is plot, action, a cliffhanger, out of danger, more plot, more action then another cliffhanger all throughout the book. And the action leaps from Romania to New Zealand, to the Antarctic research center. Ms. Faust writes in a breathless style that will keep you on the edge of your seat, flipping pages as fast as you can read them just trying to keep up with a runaway roller coaster ride story. This is a wild ride read and I recommend it highly. I enjoy this series immensely and am really looking forward to reading about Gabriel Hunt’s next adventure.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Titan Books. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

[Zak]

This book is awful. The rest of this series that I’ve read are fun middle of the road TV movie grade versions of Indiana Jones adventure thriller tropes, which are fun to read if not excellent. This installment on the other hand, is the lowest point of the series, far too short, rushed, and full of smutty garbage that doesn’t fit into the story. There are a couple cool ideas pulled straight from the pages of other adventure books, but where a better storyteller would explore these things, and give them time to be explored and develop, the writer slams through the narrative at a disgusting pace, barely giving characters and concepts time to appear on the page before they are whisked away into the seething riot of background noise that this entire book becomes. Again, the other books in the Hunt series that I have read have been fun and worth the time, but this one is so rushed it’s impossible to enjoy. It’s almost as if this book were written to be an ironic statement pointing out the outrageousness and campy silliness of the 50’s and 60’s men’s adventure paperbacks, while playing in the same sandbox as those books. That irony may have been fun and an interesting, if it were not for the gratuitous smut and the lack of any time to gestate concepts. Do not read this book. It’s bad, just bad.

[Terrance Layhew]

“Wow,” is my brief summary of this book. I’m a sucker for Arctic adventures, but this one manages to wrap in more at every turn.

While it follows the standard Gabriel Hunt formula, it packs more in at every plot beat. More punch. More sexiness. More daring.

Gabriel Hunt helps the daughter of a scientist missing at the North Pole, puts together a crew to find him only to discover a lost world hidden beneath the ice.

This may be THE Men’s Adventure Fiction book, reminding me of the covers and headlines of the Men’s Adventure Magazines featured in the various issues of Men’s Adventure Quarterly.

If you are a fan of those, solid odds you’ll get a kick out of Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire.

[Éric Kasprak]

This is the third book of the Hunt Series that I read (in a row) but it is the fourth in the series. As my previous reviews stated: these are some very solid, action-adventure stories packed with action and historical background. The books are the literary equivalent of a good Indiana Jones or Lara Croft movie. As each book a different author, but I found no real difference in the style, tone and quality of the story. The series is home to some of the best, top-notch, exhilarating action sequences that I've ever read. The pacing is perfect and the writing (no matter with the author) is clean and efficient with just the right amount of treasure hunting/historical background. In summary you get: entertaining light historical mysteries, plenty of dire situations, much action, ancient discoveries, beautiful women, evil creature, etc. This series is awesome and exactly what I was looking for.

[Ben Twoonezero]

My least favorite of the 4 books, will not follow this author.

[Amogh Pendharkar]

Hunt goes on another expedition in Antartic to search Dr. Silver. But he finds a strange place in one of the coldest region on the earth. I recommend to read. Interesting story!!!

[Randy]

Gabriel Hunt leads an expedition to Antarctica to look for the missing Dr. Lawrence Silver, missing and presumed dead. His daughter believes differently and convinces Hunt.

A garbled radio transmission recording of the missing scientist says something impossible. Silverr speaks of sudden warmth and closes with, "I see...trees."

The mission finds a hidden valley under the ice, creatures long thought extinct, and a threat to the world. Author Christa Faust even throws in a surprise twist near the end.

Lots of adventure, fighting, shooting, and hairbreadth escapes fill the book. A worthy addition to a vital series.

[Rob Thomas]

This time Gabriel is off to the jungles of Antartic...

...another mad entry in the Gabriel Hunt series, taking some notes from Lost Horizon but with tongue firmly in cheek. The writing again is not particularly great but a few good set pieces and some proper B-movie plotting means that it ticks by nicely. As with the previous entry, this is a doner kebab of a book - you know you shouldn't really enjoy it but you really do.

[David Brzezinski]

Not a literary masterpiece, but a pretty decent adventure

[Gary]

Author's website: www.huntforadventure.com