Hell Island (novella)
2005 Paperback cover
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| Author | Matthew Reilly |
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| Illustrator | Tyler Jacobson (2010 Edition) |
| Cover artist | Wayne Haag (2005 Edition) Tyler Jacobson (2010 Edition) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Series | Shane Schofield |
| Genre | Techno-thriller novel |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
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2005 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 108 |
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| OCLC | 225186418 |
Hell Island is a horror/adventure novella written in conjunction with the Australian Books Alive promotion, by thriller writer Matthew Reilly. While it is the fourth book released in the Shane Schofield series, it is a standalone novella in the Shane Schofield universe, supplementing the storylines in the novels Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow and Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves. In the interview at the back of Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves, Matthew Reilly stated that "Hell Island exists as a nice side adventure for Scarecrow and Mother, and a great short book for new readers who might wish to try my work." Hell Island was released in retail stores in 2007 after only being available through the Books Alive program.
Hell Island is a remote Pacific Island that no one knows about. It doesn't feature on any map. It was used by the Japanese during the World War II as a remote airfield but it was soon taken over by America in 1943. It is currently used by the American government for scientific experiments on apes. The U.S. Government is using the island for Project Stormtrooper wherein apes are being engineered in such a way that they become super-soldiers.
The book opens with Schofield's ten-man Marine Recon team parachuting onto the deck of the soon-to-be-decommissioned aircraft carrier, USS George Washington, along with three other special forces teams - a Delta Force team, a squad of SEALs and a team from the 82nd Airborne Division. The Delta team make landfall on the island while the other three teams investigate the aircraft carrier.
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