Ice Station (novel) - Characters

Characters

This is a list of Schofield's Marines:

  • Buck 'Book' Riley - Schofield's close friend who also led Scarecrow's rescue mission in Bosnia, fed to killer whales by Brigadier Trevor Barnaby of the Her Majesty's Special Air Service who had never previously failed a mission.
  • Robert 'Rebound' Simmons - A young marine, the teams abseiler, he escapes the Ice Station with the remaining scientists to McMurdo Ice Station.
  • Gunnery Sergeant Scott 'Snake' Kaplan - A member of the Intelligence Convergence Group (ICG) along with Montana. Snake, an experienced soldier, betrays the team early in the book and is later killed by Schofield.
  • Oliver 'Hollywood' Todd - Hollywood is killed by a fragmentation grenade.
  • Lance Corporal Elizabeth 'Fox' Gant - A young female corporal, Gant is one of the few survivors.
  • Augustine 'Samurai' Lau - At the start of the book, Samurai is mortally injured by the French, and later is suffocated by Snake while in a coma.
  • Mitch 'Ratman' Healy - Killed by the French early in the book.
  • Georgio 'Legs' Lane - Team's medic, killed by the French then eaten by killer whales.
  • Gena 'Mother' Newman - An older female soldier, Mother survives but loses a leg to a killer whale.
  • Morgan 'Montana' Lee - An ICG member along with Snake
  • Jose 'Santa' Cruz - Killed by Montana by stabbing him through the ear into his brain.

List of other characters;

  • Sarah Hensleigh (née Parker) - Scientist, member of the ICG (revealed late in the book) killed by Gant.
  • James Renshaw - Scientist at the station, survives and aids Schofield's escape from the station, and his return and taking back of the station.
  • Trevor Barnaby - Brigadier of the Special Air Service who has never failed a mission. Killed by Shofield when he shoots out one of the windows of the diving bell, causing the diving bell to implode and crush Barnaby.
Works by Matthew Reilly
Jack West Jr series
  • Seven Ancient Wonders (2005)
  • The Six Sacred Stones (2007)
  • The Five Greatest Warriors (2009)
Shane Schofield series
  • Ice Station (1998)
  • Area 7 (2001)
  • Scarecrow (2003)
  • Hell Island (2005 novella)
  • Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves (2011)
Novels
  • Contest (1996)
  • Temple (1999)
  • Hover Car Racer (2004)

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