# SOS Adventures

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The ***SOS Adventures*** series is a trilogy of [young adult](/source/Young_adult_fiction) novels written by [Northern Irish](/source/Northern_Irish_people) author [Colin Bateman](/source/Colin_Bateman), released between June 2010 and March 2011. The novels surround teenager Michael Monroe and his adventures with a team of international environmental rescue operatives, known as *SOS*. The first novel in the series was [longlisted](/source/Longlist) for the children's Northern Ireland Book Award 2010–11.

## Characters

- Michael Monroe – fourteen-year-old [orphan](/source/Orphan) and newest member of the *SOS* team.
- Katya – teenage member of *SOS*.
- Dr. Jimmy Kincaid – [pop-star](/source/Pop-star) [millionaire](/source/Millionaire) founder of *SOS*.
- Mr. Crown – *SOS* team member who specialises in combat.
- Bailey – *SOS'*s [helicopter pilot](/source/Helicopter_pilot).
- Bonsoir – [strategist](/source/Military_tactics) and [language expert](/source/Linguist) for *SOS*.
- Dr. Faustus – *SOS'*s [surgeon](/source/Surgeon).

## *Ice Quake*

***Ice Quake*** is the first novel of the *SOS Adventures* series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 3 June 2010 through [Hodder Children's Books](/source/Hodder_Children's_Books).[1] It sets on [Baring Island](/source/Baring_Island) (aka *Banks Island*) in the [Canadian Arctic](/source/Canadian_Arctic). The novel was well received and [longlisted](/source/Longlist) for the children's Northern Ireland Book Award 2010–11.[2]

### Plot

Michael Monroe, a teenage orphan boy, accidentally burns down his [boarding school](/source/Boarding_school), St Mark's Retreat, by setting a fire in one of the many disused [fireplaces](/source/Fireplace). As a result, he is [expelled](/source/Expulsion_(education)) from his sixth school in as many years and leaves on the bus the next morning, to be handed over to the [local education authority](/source/Local_education_authority). During this journey, however, the driver loses control of the bus and drives into an icy lake. Monroe then proceeds, along with the [head boy](/source/Head_boy) Vincent Armoury, to save the lives of the school's debate team, who were on their way to a competition, before they all drown. When Armoury is hit in the head during the operation, Monroe pulls him from the water, administers the [kiss of life](/source/Artificial_respiration) and passes out. Monroe's heroic effort in the rescue of twelve children results in him coming to the attention of Doctor Jimmy Kincaid, millionaire owner of a team named *SOS*, which engages in risky rescue operations on a worldwide scale.

Monroe's first mission is to search for the missing "Eden" satellite, which had been measuring [greenhouse gases](/source/Greenhouse_gases) in the [Earth's atmosphere](/source/Earth's_atmosphere). Deployment for the mission doesn't go to plan and Monroe ends up stranded in the [Canadian Rockies](/source/Canadian_Rockies) with fellow teen-aged *SOS* member, Katya, who somewhat resents his presence on the mission. While trying to succeed where the adults have failed, the teenagers run into armed men, wolves and a twice-the-usual-size [polar bear](/source/Polar_bear).[3]

### *Ice Quake* characters

- Jordan Nappaaluk – native of the area who goes missing
- Vincent Armoury – head-boy of St Mark's
- Rachael – *SOS'*s resident teacher

### Reception

The novel was well received. Kieran Fanning from the *Inis Magazine* called this novel the "adrenaline-racing, breath-taking adventure" and considered its strengths to be "the dialogue and the lively banter". Fanning found its "characters and relationship [...] too similar to Jimmy and Claire's from *[Titanic 2020](/source/Titanic_2020)*", with an exception of "wisecracks and [one-liners](/source/One-line_joke) [...] with [Bateman's] [trademark](/source/Trademark) wit".[4] The [Clare County Library](/source/County_Clare) stated that the children of the area found its characters "clever, funny and very resourceful" and awarded the novel a score of ten out of ten.[5]

## *Fire Storm*

"Fire Storm (novel)" redirects here. For other uses, see [Firestorm (disambiguation)](/source/Firestorm_(disambiguation)).

***Fire Storm*** is the second novel of the *SOS Adventures* series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 7 October 2010 through Hodder Children's Books.[6] Janet Clarke from the *School Librarian* magazine called the novel an "action packed thriller", finding it "fast paced and entertaining"; stating that the characters were plausible and the relationship between Michael and Katya was "relaxed" and "friendly".[7]

### Plot

The *SOS* team was founded by pop-star millionaire, Dr. Jimmy Kincaid, who founded the organisation to assist in environmental rescue on a worldwide scale. Within this organisation, an elite team known as the *Artists*, derived from *Action Response Team*, exist and Michael Monroe is promoted to this group, despite being *SOS*s newest member.

The novel takes place on the [Indonesian](/source/Indonesia) island of [New Ireland](/source/New_Ireland_(island)), where the missing scientist, Dr. Anna Roper, who is on the island doing "vital" research into both the [rainforest](/source/Rainforest) and [indigenous peoples](/source/Indigenous_peoples), was last seen. The *SOS* team, including Monroe, set out to find her. However, the team encounter a series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on the island.[8]

### *Fire Storm* Characters

- Joe Kabui – fourteen-year-old [Filipino](/source/Filipino_people) boy whose father is killed by bandits.
- Dr. Anna Roper – missing scientist and the reason that the *SOS* team are on [New Ireland](/source/New_Ireland_(island)); sister of Jimmy Kincaid.
- Tracker Mark – [tracker](/source/Tracking_(hunting)).

## *Tusk*

***Tusk*** is the third novel of the *SOS Adventures* series by Northern Irish author, [Colin Bateman](/source/Colin_Bateman), published on 3 March 2011 through [Hodder Children's Books](/source/Hodder_Children's_Books).[9][10][better source needed]

### Plot

The *SOS* team was founded by pop-star millionaire, Dr. Jimmy Kincaid, who founded the organisation to assist in environmental rescue on a worldwide scale. Within this organisation, an elite team known as the *Artists*, derived from *Action Response Team*, exist and Michael Monroe is promoted to this group, despite being *SOS*s newest member.

Founder of *SOS*, Dr. Jimmy Kincaid, summons the Artists to his farm in the fictional Zambeziland [savannah](/source/Savannah) for some rest. Michael Monroe and Katya, however, are sent to join a team of unruly youths under the tuition of ex-[commando](/source/Commando) Major Calvin Hunter; to both protect a member of his team, future [King of England](/source/King_of_England) Peter Windsor, and to improve their survival skills.[11]

### *Tusk* characters

- Major Calvin Hunter – ex-commando and leader of the expedition.
- Peter Windsor – future king of England.

## References

1. *Icequake (Book, 2010)*. WorldCat. [OCLC 520726800](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/520726800)

1. ["2010/11 books"](http://www.nibookaward.org.uk/2010-11/books.php). Northern Ireland Book Awards. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

1. Bateman, Colin (3 March 2011). [*Ice Quake*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3W1fFdAqLmEC). Hachette Children's. ISBN 9781444903775. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

1. Fanning, Kieran (2010). ["Review - *Ice Quake*"](http://www.inismagazine.ie/reviews/book/ice-quake). *Inis Magazine*. No. #33 *Autumn*. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

1. ["Book Reviews: *Ice Quake* by Colin Bateman"](http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/services/book_reviews/ice_quake.htm). Clare County Library. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

1. *Fire storm (Book, 2010)*. WorldCat. [OCLC 642284546](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/642284546)

1. Clarke, Janet (22 September 2011). ["Bateman, Colin: Fire Storm. (Young adult review)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160314083458/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-268222603.html). *[School Librarian](/source/School_Librarian)*. Vol. 59, no. #3. Archived from [the original](http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-268222603.html) on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

1. Bateman, Colin (3 March 2011). [*Fire Storm*](https://books.google.com/books?id=5YbugjQJXFsC). Hachette Children's. ISBN 9781444903782. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

1. *Tusk (Book, 2011)*. WorldCat. [OCLC 656778804](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/656778804)

1. ["Tusk (SOS Adventures) by Colin Bateman"](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/colin-bateman/tusk.htm). Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

1. Bateman, Colin (3 March 2011). [*SOS Adventure: Tusk*](https://books.google.com/books?id=hZBLW644NLgC). Hachette Children's. ISBN 9781444903799. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

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