'A master of seagoing adventure.' Clive Cussler 1986, Chernobyl. General Valerii Gogol has been forced into a desperate gamble to avoid total nuclear meltdown—a gamble with appalling consequences. Within weeks his terrible secret is shipped north to be discarded in the forbidding wastes of the Arctic Ocean. Frozen, far away from civilization, it is forgotten—for a time. Years later, Richard Mariner of the Heritage Mariner Shipping Company is commissioned by the United Nations to tow a huge iceberg from the Arctic Circle to a drought-stricken state on the west coast of Africa. As that same country simmer on the brink of civil war, Mariner struggles to deliver the life-saving colossus—unaware of the contamination at its heart. Others, however, are not so ignorant. As the iceberg nears the African coast, friends become enemies and formerly unified crews turn into deadly adversaries. Within the confines of the ship, tensions rise and the race against time begins as General Gogol himself, now sick and dying, is ordered to halt its progress at all costs. No matter who gets hurt—or killed. ‘The Iceberg’ is a compelling thriller set against the backdrop of the Chernobyl disaster and the raging civil wars of the African continent. Peter Tonkin was born in 1950 in Ulster, Northern Ireland and was raised in the UK, Holland, Germany, and the Persian Gulf. The son of an RAF officer, Tonkin spent much of his youth travelling the world from one posting to another. He is the author of the Trojan Murders series, Caesar's Spies and the Tom Musgrave Mysteries. Praise for Peter ”Edge-of-the-seat terror.” Daily Post “A welcome aura of old-fashioned expertise.” Publishers Weekly “A good thriller, recommended.” Library Journal “Tonkin is a superb storyteller who creates big, brash, swashbuckling adventures with taut suspense, fast-paced action and tough, resourceful characters.” Booklist ”Equals the best of James Clavell.” Daily Telegraph ”Good technical detail, plus an exciting climax, makes this entertaining reading.” Publishing News ”Edge-of-the-seat terror on the high seas.” Daily Post