Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 0-330-48758-2 |
No of pages | 573 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Pan Books |
Born July 2nd, 1974, Matthew Reilly is the international bestselling author of ten novels, Ice Station, Temple, Contest, Area 7, Scarecrow, Hover Car Racer, Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones, The Five Greatest Warriors and The Four Legendary Kingdoms.
Published in over 20 countries and known for their highly visual style, fast pace and large-scale action scenes, over 7.5 million copies of his books have been sold around the world, more than a million copies apiece between Australia, the UK and the USA.
Some of his works have been optioned by film studios for series or feature production, and he continues to create works of fiction across all major media platforms, from short stories, through to novellas and screenplays.
Matthew's novels have also - unexpectedly - become a major tool in the fight to get teenagers into reading.
While written for a mature readership, Matthew's novels have become very popular with reluctant male readers.
This may stem from Matthew's own childhood experience, citing his dislike for set reading projects in high-school as his main inspiration to 'do it better'.
He wrote and self-published Contest in 1996 while just 19, deliberately aiming to have his book noticed by publishers who talent-scout at bookstores.
His dedication paid off, and was discovered by Pan Macmillan's then commissioning editor Cate Paterson.
His first industry-produced novel, Ice Station, proved so monumentally popular, that it had to be reprinted six times in its first two years.
The continued success of his novels has been attributed to not only the accessible, 'storyteller' style of writing, but also the highly charged and kinetic action sequences that take place throughout his works,
deliberately making use of his 'unlimited budget' of imagination to create scenes 'too big for Hollywood'.
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It is America's most secret base, hidden deep in the Utah desert, an Air Force installation known only as Area 7. And today it has a visitor: the President of the United States. He has come to inspect Area 7, to examine its secrets for himself.
But he's going to get more than he bargained for on this trip. Because hostile forces are waiting inside... Among the President's helicopter crew, however, is a young Marine. He is quiet, enigmatic, and he hides his eyes behind a pair of silver sunglasses. His name is Schofield. Call-sign: SCARECROW. Rumor has it, he's a good man in a storm.
Judging by what the President has just walked into, he'd better be... 'Epic, action-packed adventure...unbelievably pay' Daily Mirror 'Nonstop thrills...cliffhangers galore' Publishers Weekly