- star ▁million aire ▁founder ▁of ▁S OS . ▁ ▁Mr . ▁Crown ▁– ▁S OS ▁team ▁member ▁who ▁special ises ▁in ▁combat . ▁ ▁Ba iley ▁– ▁S OS s ▁hel ic opter ▁pilot . ▁ ▁Bon so ir ▁– ▁strateg ist ▁and ▁language ▁expert ▁for ▁S OS . ▁ ▁Dr . ▁Fa ust us ▁– ▁S OS s ▁sur geon . ▁ ▁Ice ▁Qu ake ▁ ▁Ice ▁Qu ake ▁ ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁novel ▁of ▁the ▁S OS ▁Advent ures ▁series ▁by ▁Northern ▁Irish ▁author , ▁Col in ▁Bat eman , ▁published ▁on ▁ 3 ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁through ▁H od der ▁Children ' s ▁Books . ▁It ▁sets ▁on ▁Bar ing ▁Island ▁( aka ▁B anks ▁Island ) ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Ar ctic . ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁well ▁received ▁and ▁long list ed ▁for ▁the ▁children ' s ▁Northern ▁Ireland ▁Book ▁Award ▁ 2 0 1 0 - 1 1 . ▁ ▁Plot ▁Michael ▁Mon roe , ▁a ▁te en age ▁or phan ▁boy , ▁accident ally ▁burn s ▁down ▁his ▁board ing ▁school , ▁St ▁Mark ' s ▁Ret re at , ▁by ▁setting ▁a ▁fire ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁many ▁dis used ▁fire p laces . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁he ▁is ▁exp elled ▁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 ▁los es ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁bus