Antarktos Rising (Origins Edition) (2008) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Anguta: Inuit, hunts whales
• Dmitriy (Dima) Rastov: 37 years old, Russian, works for Ministry of Emergency Situations.
• Viktoriya (Vika) Petrova: Russian and Dmitriy's partner at the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
• Mirabelle Whitney: Photographer, widow, planning a trip to Antarctica, daughterof Dr.Merrill Clarks
• Cindy Bekoff: Mirabelle's friend and a psycologist
• Dr. Merrill Clark: Explorer, professor of paleontology, anthropology, exploring in Antarctica looking for dinosaur bones. Lost his wife, Aimee, in an event in Antarctica several years ago. Father of Mirabelle Whitney.
• Vesuvius: Dr. Clark's Newfoundland dog
• Captain Stephen Wright: U.S. Special Forces
• Victor Cruz: Latino male with Captain Wright; demolition expert with the Marines.
• Katherine Ferrell (just Ferrell): a sniper, a mercenary, and a member of Captain Wright's party
• James & Kyle: President & Vice President of the new United States
• Ian Jacobson: Head of the European team and a member of British Special Forces.
• Samuel Whitney: Mirabelle's dead husband. Murdered for a pocket watch
• General Zhou Kuan-Yin & Captain Zhou Lee: Father and son, head of the Chinese team.
• Ahmed al-Aziz & Abdul: Head of the Middle Eastern team and his partner
• Duscha Popova: Soviet assassin

Quotes edit see section history

• “It was so cold that anything not well protected was literally freeze dried. Antarctica, contrary to most people's assumptions,was the driest environment on Earth.”

  Dr. Clark's thoughts

• “We're all runners too, Cruz said. I run away from things that blow up. Kat runs after things she needs to kill. and Wright just runs in circles.”

  Victor Cruz to Mirabelle

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Antarctica: Where scientific expeditions are taking place and bones are found.
• Portsmouth, New Hampshire: One of the locations where weather phenomena has taken place and where Mirabelle Whitney lives.
• Vadim Bay: A part of the Kara Sea, a remote region of northern Siberia that can only be navigated in the summer.
• Strawberry Banke: A well maintained park with historic buildings in Portsmouth, N.H.
• Piscataqua River: River that flowed through Portsmouth to the ocean.
• Transantarctic Mountains: Four hundred miles north of the pole where snow rarely falls, has strong fierce winds.
• Mount Blood: Mountain close to Dr. Clark's base camp
• Dallas, Texas: New capital of the United States
• European Kingdom: New nation formed by the remaining European countries.

Organizations edit see section history

• Ansar al-Sunna: A militant organization dedicated to reclaiming Iraq for Islam.

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Glossary edit see section history

• Anhydrobiosis: Literally means "life without water"- brine shrimp are the best known examples.
• paulownia: Asian trees, fastest growing in the world averaging about 20 feet per year.
• Crylophosaurus: A native predator to Antarctica ranging in size from ten to twenty feet long from snout to tail. Each forearm, like those of the T-Rex, have three razor sharp claws. The hind legs have similar claws and a curved backward facing talon. The teeth are razor sharp and serrated and the head has a raised crest from brow extending down the back.
• Antarktos: Old name foe Antarctica.
• Nephilim: Called "the devil's children", literally means "fallen ones", the offspring of fallen angels and human women. They were renown in the ancient world for their, size, strength and wickedness.
• bebe Elihim: In Hebrew, "the son's of God", "angels"

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jeremy Robinson (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 813.6

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Action & Adventure
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Men's Adventure
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Psychological & Suspense
• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Fiction › Science Fiction & Fantasy
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction › Adventure

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Authors website
• Contact Jeremy Robins direct
• Authors movie website: Info on movie coming out in 2010 based on this book.

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