I was disappointed with this lengthy work. The ending was not helpful at all. There was still far too much left unresolved. And most of the emphasis on the "other" woman in his life, and her sister, was just sort of dropped. There was a lot of icy detail which was fairly convincing but there did seem to be a lot of effort spent on going back and forth "between" time periods and on traversing expanses of ice. ( )

Ugh. Hated this book. Too much back story, too much detail, not enough thrills. Could have cut out about 300 pages and made it much better. ( )

A somewhat different take on vampires. Michael Wilde is a journalist on assignment in Antarctica to take pictures and write a documentary for Eco-Travel magazine. While diving they discover two people frozen in ice. The story bounces back from the life the couple led in the 1800s, how they ended up in the frigid ocean, to present day at the South Pole. Sometimes the back stories slowed the pace. Although the history and science are intriguing, things for me didn't get interesting until the couple thawed out.

Michael Wilde is a journalist for Eco-Travel magazine. His boss offers him the chance to travel to the ends of the earth or pretty much close to it. He tells Michael that he has set it up where one reporter is being allowed to go to Point Adelie in Antarctica, near the South Pole. This assignment would be to take pictures of the Adelie penguins and write a report on them. Michael knows he can't pass up an opportunity like this, so he agrees to go.

While out on a diving expedition, Michael unearths something so horrific that it leaves him speechless. There located in the Antarctic Ocean is a man and a woman. They are frozen in a block of ice but that isn't the usual thing. It just so happens that the couple has been bound together by chains. It is like the ice has preserved them for all ages. Michael knows that he has discovered a gold mine. His only goal now is to figure out what happened, so many centuries ago. The answer to this mystery will blow you away as Michael possess what could be one of the best kept secrets of all times.

Let me first start off by saying Wow! I did not expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. At almost five hundred pages this is a good thing. Though as much as I liked Blood and Ice, there was only one little problem that I had and that was when the storyline would switch from the past to the present. I had a little trouble following at first and would have to check to see if I was going back in time before I would start reading. Other then this issue which I would call minor, I had a pleasure reading this book. Towards the middle of the story, it started to get dark. I don't want to give away the ending but let me tell you that it is good. I plan to check out Mr. Masello's other work. ( )