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Doc Vandal Adventures #3
Attacked Beneath Antarctica
An ancient evil lurks beneath Lake Vostok!
When Doc and the team receive a mysterious message from a lost Antarctic expedition they launch a rescue mission only to find themselves stranded in the coldest place on Earth. Their only hope of survival lies in an 800 mile trek across the icecap, and nothing can prepare them for what they find beneath the ice.
Trapped between an invader from outside space itself and a Nazi expedition seeking secrets humanity was not meant to know the team is caught in a race to save the world from threats it cannot understand.
Like all Doc Vandal Adventures this is a complete story in one volume.
To celebrate this release; book 1, Against the Eldest Flame, will be free from August 28-September 2nd, and book2, Air Pirates of Krakatoa will be on sale from $0.99 to $1.99 from August 28th to September 2nd.
When Doc and the team receive a mysterious message from a lost Antarctic expedition they launch a rescue mission only to find themselves stranded in the coldest place on Earth. Their only hope of survival lies in an 800 mile trek across the icecap, and nothing can prepare them for what they find beneath the ice.
Trapped between an invader from outside space itself and a Nazi expedition seeking secrets humanity was not meant to know the team is caught in a race to save the world from threats it cannot understand.
Like all Doc Vandal Adventures this is a complete story in one volume.
To celebrate this release; book 1, Against the Eldest Flame, will be free from August 28-September 2nd, and book2, Air Pirates of Krakatoa will be on sale from $0.99 to $1.99 from August 28th to September 2nd.
- GenresAdventure
234 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 28, 2017
7 people are currently reading
9 people want to read
About the author
Dave Robinson
15 books20 followersI’m Dave, and I write. I’m also a father, a reader, gamer, a comic fan, and a hockey fan.
Unfortunately, there is a problem with those terms; they don’t so much describe me as label me, and the map is not the territory. Calling me a father says nothing about my relationship with my daughter and how she thinks I’m silly. It ignores the essence of the relationship for convenience.
It’s the same with my love of books, comics, role-playing games, and hockey; labels only say what, not how or why. They miss all the good parts.
If you want more of a biography: I was born in the UK, grew up in Canada, and have spent time in the US. I’ve been freelancing for the last seven years. Before that, and in no particular order, I’ve managed a bookstore, worked in a pawnshop, been a telephone customer service rep, and even cleaned carpets for a living.
As a freelancer, I’ve done everything from simple web content, to ghostwritten novels. I’ve even written a course on trading forex online. I’ve also edited everything from whitepapers to a science fiction anthology.
Unfortunately, there is a problem with those terms; they don’t so much describe me as label me, and the map is not the territory. Calling me a father says nothing about my relationship with my daughter and how she thinks I’m silly. It ignores the essence of the relationship for convenience.
It’s the same with my love of books, comics, role-playing games, and hockey; labels only say what, not how or why. They miss all the good parts.
If you want more of a biography: I was born in the UK, grew up in Canada, and have spent time in the US. I’ve been freelancing for the last seven years. Before that, and in no particular order, I’ve managed a bookstore, worked in a pawnshop, been a telephone customer service rep, and even cleaned carpets for a living.
As a freelancer, I’ve done everything from simple web content, to ghostwritten novels. I’ve even written a course on trading forex online. I’ve also edited everything from whitepapers to a science fiction anthology.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
March 28, 2022
Nice enjoyable new pulp style adventure. Action filled and a fast read. Recommended
October 25, 2017
Robinson just goes from strength to strength with this series. I think this might be my favourite so far and that's despite having a serious aversion to tentacular creatures... I absolutely love Vic as a character. It's utterly enthralling watching her propel the story forward. Much as I identify with Doc Vandal himself - in the being constantly on a different wavelength to everyone else sense not the superior being of rare intellect sense - I am coming back to this series as much for Vic. This is a great adventure. The author has really settled into his style and the depictions of the frozen wastes are as real and shiver inducing as under ground labs. What's especially brilliant about Doc Vandal as a series is that it's fun. Remember those Saturday afternoon movies you watched with your dad or your older sibling when you were a kid? The mix of camaraderie and investment? That's what this series brings back to you. I've likened it to offerings by Ryder Haggard but that does it a disservice because at it's core Doc Vandal is it's own thing. (And without any of the problematic elements of Ryder Haggard or Edgar Rice Burroughs while still invoking that sense of adventure) Fabulous sci-fi adventure with lots of laughs. Plus each one is a self-contained story. You don't have to read them in order - although why you wouldn't just download them and polish off the lot I can't imagine. Finally, Ming. More awesomeness. I will go down with that ship, people, I swear.
December 18, 2020
The Hansen Antarctic Expedition was of particular interest to James Vandal (known as Doc). Doc's education had been a unique one and Aldous Hansen - the erstwhile namesake of that same expedition - had been a fundamental part of that education. Troublingly, Hansen's expedition had lost contact bringing Doc to the decision to travel to the coldest continent in an effort to reestablish contact and to provide any help that he could. And so, the crew finds themselves on a new adventure that will bring them into a hidden world confronting an unimaginable horror whose goal is nothing more than complete domination and transformation of the Earth and all things that reside upon it.
What more could you ask for?
Flying Airships...discovering Lost Worlds...fighting Nazis...confronting Strange Creatures...and, did I say NAZIS?
This is the THIRD fantastic adventure of Doc Vandal and his crew by author Dave Robinson. These stories are an amazing homage to the era of the pulp heroes from the 30s and 40s. Robinson has a deft hand at blending many of those tropes that made those adventures such a big part of that era with his own unique voice and creative imagination. The characters, while feeling so familiar, also capture much of the modern and contemporary views of today's world. Many times, stories set in anachronistic time periods don't connect with young, new readers. That mash-up of emotions and beliefs that Robinson weaves together so perfectly, spans different generations and will be familiar to new readers as well as old.
What more could you ask for?
Flying Airships...discovering Lost Worlds...fighting Nazis...confronting Strange Creatures...and, did I say NAZIS?
This is the THIRD fantastic adventure of Doc Vandal and his crew by author Dave Robinson. These stories are an amazing homage to the era of the pulp heroes from the 30s and 40s. Robinson has a deft hand at blending many of those tropes that made those adventures such a big part of that era with his own unique voice and creative imagination. The characters, while feeling so familiar, also capture much of the modern and contemporary views of today's world. Many times, stories set in anachronistic time periods don't connect with young, new readers. That mash-up of emotions and beliefs that Robinson weaves together so perfectly, spans different generations and will be familiar to new readers as well as old.
September 7, 2025
Robinson channels H. P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness as Doc and his team head to Antarctica to rescue Doc & Gus' old professor from Arkham College. We get a lost underwater civilization, more Nazi gorillas, a potential new team member, Doc's massive new Zeppelin, tons of action, a visceral depiction of arduous treks through a brutal Antarctic winter landscape, and a surprise revelation about one of the team. This is pretty much everything I want in my New Pulp.
January 16, 2019
Another. Great book
Great mix of Doc Savage and H.P. Lovecraft! Love the series and hope they never stop. Wonder what will be in the next book?
Great mix of Doc Savage and H.P. Lovecraft! Love the series and hope they never stop. Wonder what will be in the next book?
June 27, 2021
Good read
Fun and entertaining read. Pulp fans will enjoy it. Fast paced and auctioned filled. Nice series and book. Very recommended
Fun and entertaining read. Pulp fans will enjoy it. Fast paced and auctioned filled. Nice series and book. Very recommended
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