The SOS Adventures series is a trilogy of young adult novels written by Northern Irish author 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 for the children's Northern Ireland Book Award 2010–11. Characters Michael Monroe – fourteen-year-old orphan and newest member of the SOS team. Katya – teenage member of SOS. Dr. Jimmy Kincaid – pop-star millionaire founder of SOS. Mr. Crown – SOS team member who specialises in combat. Bailey – SOSs helicopter pilot. Bonsoir – strategist and language expert for SOS. Dr. Faustus – SOSs 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. It sets on Baring Island (aka Banks Island) in the Canadian Arctic. The novel was well received and longlisted for the children's Northern Ireland Book Award 2010–11. Plot Michael Monroe, a teenage orphan boy, accidentally burns down his boarding school, St Mark's Retreat, by setting a fire in one of the many disused fireplaces. As a result, he is expelled 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. 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 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 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 in the Earth's atmosphere. Deployment for the mission doesn't go to plan and Monroe ends up stranded in the 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,