North Slope edition by Michael Parker Literature Fiction eBooks
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North Slope is a barren desert of ice in Alaska that stretches from the Brooks Mountains to the Beaufort Sea, frozen during the winter clear to the North Pole. It is in this wilderness that the Fyffe Oil Company struggles in its search for oil. Andrew Fyffe, owner of the company, finds time and money are running out. On the rig a man has been killed; suspicion and fear are rampant among the drilling crews as they continue their superhuman efforts before Fyffe goes bust. The one man who (Fyffe believes) can save the company is McKinnon, once a famous wildcat oil man, but now a drunk, a drop-out. Fyffe kidnaps McKinnon from a drinking spree and flies him up to the oil rig, Fyffe One. When McKinnon sobers up he quickly sees he will need all his old resourcefulness, skill and courage to save the rig from catastrophe. The violent action of this story takes place against the background, strongly conveyed, of Alaskan Arctic winter and night. The rig and its crew confront dangers from temperatures far below zero, from fire, and from a subtle and complex intrigue ruthlessly executed by men whose objectives do not include the welfare of Fyffe One. This first novel tells a powerful story with conviction, a story to spellbind the reader and a mystery to be solved.
North Slope edition by Michael Parker Literature Fiction eBooks
Wow, this is a book maybe you should read during the Summer months to put you into a cooler frame of mind. I felt like shivering all the way through this non-stop action mystery thriller. I know nothing about the oil drilling business, so much of the terminology about the drilling rig and drilling process went over my head. I attempted to use the Kindle dictionary to look up words that I didn't understand, but usually came up zip on definitions. But that being said, I didn't have trouble following the storyline.Since the story was set in 1968 I would assume many things have changed in the oil drilling business and the process of working under dangerous environmental conditions, but then again maybe I'm wrong. The Arctic environment is probably one of the biggest "characters" in this book as it takes on a sinister role throughout the story. Otherwise, this is a man's story where all the main character's are hard-bitten men racing the clock and willing to risk their lives in an attempt to gain wealth. Throw into the mix that some among the crew are out to sabotage the operation even to the point of murder to get their way, and you have the recipe for an exciting read.
It's a page turner and I give it a thumbs up.
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North Slope edition by Michael Parker Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I enjoy reading books about various topics that take place in Alaska. This one was especially interesting to me because my brother worked in the Alaska oil fields ad one of my sons works in the oil fields in Texas.
I think Michael Parker did an excellent job describing the Alaska Wilderness and The story of working on a big rig. The murder mystery was an added benefit and Mr Parker did a really great job weaving the story and keeping it very interesting. His characters are well thought out and very realistic.
I think this is a good story for men who like reading exciting adventure stories and dealing with survival in the Alaska wilderness during the long bleak winters. I would highly recommend this book to all people who enjoy and wonder what it is like to live out in a wildcat oil workers camp for months on end.
At times during reading the book you can almost feel cold because the author can describe the weather. (often) The main character keeps everything close to his chest throughout the whole book which takes the fun out of the "who done it" figuring out for the reader. (don't worry, the main character will tell you at the end of the book along with all the clues).
Unless you worked on oil rigs, a lot of info would be first hand knowledge for most readers which could be interesting.
This book leans more toward men readers who would enjoy the fist banging on desk and tables to make a point or an emotion. (often)
There is one "squeezed in" woman in the book (towards the end) which just seemed like an after thought....
The book wasn't boring but not a page turner either.
Michael Parker has written a compelling book about oil exploration on the North Slope of Alaska. Unfortunately, he also grafted into this setting a murder mystery. More unfortunate is his lack of an attentive editor.
I've been on oil rigs in Wyoming during the winter. It's cold and dangerous. Multiply that cold and danger exponentially, and it must surely be as Parker has described in North Slope. The scenes at the drilling camp, on the rig, traversing the Arctic range by bulldozer and dogsled are vivid and well structured. If this book had simply been about the struggles and terrors of drilling for oil in Alaska, the book would be worth four-to-five stars. His descriptions are that good. But the murder mystery is not. In a way, it's like an Agatha Christie whodunit, with a circumscribed set of suspects within a confined location - not a locked room, but a landlocked (but for a helicopter) setting. I don't find Christie's mysteries interesting, and I didn't find this mystery interesting either.
But the biggest problem with this book is the want of an editor. Coffee is always "piping hot." Words are missing as in the sentence, "McKinnon looked at him for seemed like an eternity." I'm pretty sure he's missing the word "what". The word "but" appears as "hut". I have no idea what this means "The silhouette in the front left-hand oat moved..." Sometimes the word "river," associated with a specific river, is capitalized, and sometimes not. Words are strangely capitalized, such as "company" and "law" though without any context that would suggest capitalization would be proper. The pronoun "I" often appears as the number "1". Comparing two oilmen, Parker writes that "He didn't know which of them had been the best,.." A comparison of two should result in one being "better," not "best". Plots are too frequently described as "evil". In an unnecessary sex scene, the protagonist's lover "put both her hands around the hack of his head." Perhaps that should have been "back of his head," unless "hack" is a part of the cranial anatomy of which I'm unfamiliar.
The beauty of an e-book is that it can be edited and republished. I'd suggest Parker find the time to do that.
Another reviewer's already said much of what I'm going to say but it bears repeating in much the same way as I'm afraid the text of North Slope does. So often you'll find the same adjective or adverb repeated in adjoining sentences or (in some cases) even in the same sentence (and I don't mean for emphatic purposes, either).
Not only that, there are spelling and grammar mistakes - not as many as in some books - but more than there should be.
Basically, 'North Slope' needs an editor about it to remove the repetition, to correct the numerous errors, and to sharpen the dialogue. Once that's been done, I think the book's got real potential (which is why I'm giving it 3 stars).
On a positive note it's a real ripping yarn (and not to be taken too seriously). I've not marked it down for this but I felt the 'love interest' at the end was rather pointless and just squeezed in as a token gesture.
North Shore has elements of Alistair Maclean and Wilbur Smith about it and I would have given it 4 or even 5 stars if it hadn't had the snags I've indicated. Did I say it needs an editor to get out some of the repetition?
Wow, this is a book maybe you should read during the Summer months to put you into a cooler frame of mind. I felt like shivering all the way through this non-stop action mystery thriller. I know nothing about the oil drilling business, so much of the terminology about the drilling rig and drilling process went over my head. I attempted to use the dictionary to look up words that I didn't understand, but usually came up zip on definitions. But that being said, I didn't have trouble following the storyline.
Since the story was set in 1968 I would assume many things have changed in the oil drilling business and the process of working under dangerous environmental conditions, but then again maybe I'm wrong. The Arctic environment is probably one of the biggest "characters" in this book as it takes on a sinister role throughout the story. Otherwise, this is a man's story where all the main character's are hard-bitten men racing the clock and willing to risk their lives in an attempt to gain wealth. Throw into the mix that some among the crew are out to sabotage the operation even to the point of murder to get their way, and you have the recipe for an exciting read.
It's a page turner and I give it a thumbs up.
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