dnf @ 14% it started with a vaguely racist quote by rudyard kipling about inuits living in the far north and the main character thinks Very Highly of himself and the first chapter in a half were just a history lesson on shackleton :/ if i wanted to learn about shackleton, i'll buy a real history book.

The Elder Ice: A Harry Stubbs Adventure
By: David Hambling
Narrated by: Brian J. Gill
Series: The Harry Stubbs Adventures, Book 1
Terrific adventure of Harry trying to solve a mystery but there is more to this then he was told! If you like steam-punkish, 1920's London story with supernatural elements, this might be for you! I enjoyed it. A great first book to meet Harry and introduce the series.
The narration was excellent for this type of book! ( )

Interesting tale of the Lovecraftian variety. Protagonist is an ex-boxer and fought in the Great War, but now enjoys reading during the down time while pursuing whatever the solicitor he works for has assigned to him. A good read.
I have it in Whispersync with Brian J. Gill giving a fine performance. ( )

Hambling's takeoff on H. P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness".

He keeps the charming 1920s setting but moves the story to Norwood, South London (Hambling's residence). He works in real history from Sir Ernest Shackleton's doomed polar expedition and his family history, forteana (of course), and actual science (tardigrades, i.e. "water bears" before they got their recent headlines), but, while Lovecraft's story is the inspiration, the plot and characters decidedly are not a recapitulation.

Narrator Harry Stubbs is literate but no professor or bookish recluse. An ex-boxer and veteran of World War One, he works as a bill collector and process server for a London law firm. A partner has taken an interest in his career and expects Harry to write up reports of his activities in a style inspired by Kipling or H. Rider Haggard.

Harry can be a bit naïve at times but hardy and persistent. Cosmic horror rubs elbows with Harry's near criminal associate, the Consignment Man. Hambling also brings in some British political anxieties of the time.

Definitely recommended. ( )