After more than 30 years, the great international adventure of the Mad Scientists of Mammoth Falls is at last available to readers. And with original illustrations by Charles Geer, the illustrator for all the other Mad Scientists’ Club stories.

The Big Chunk of Ice is the legendary last book of the Mad Scientists’ Club series. Rumors have circulated for years among fans about whether or not it was ever printed and where. Well, this mystery will be solved now that the book is out and you can get your hands on a copy. Go to www.purplehousepress.com to get your copy.

But what about that big chunk of ice? Will that mystery ever be solved? Here you have a fascinating legend about a missing diamond the size of an apple…a bunch of strange people who keep popping up while the Mad Scientists are trying to help Professor Stratavarious make his measurements of the Pasterzen glacier…a castle complete with an evil dwarf, secret passages and ghostly inhabitants…and those nagging questions about the diamond…is there really one…is it still in the glacier…?

"Since Rocket Boys (aka October Sky) was published in 1998, fans have written me saying that at last somebody else had captured the spirit of adventure and good-natured fun of Bertrand Brinley's 'Mad Scientists' series. I am pleased to have my work compared with that of Captain Brinley and very happy that a new generation of readers will soon be introduced to Henry Mulligan and the other boys. May there always be 'Mad Scientists' among us, youngsters who use their natural curiosity to create wonders, have adventures, and simply have fun! "

- Homer Hickam, Author, Rocket Boys (aka October Sky)