The Terror: A Novel by Dan Simmons
Book Description
The bestselling author of Ilium and Olympos
transforms thetrue story of a legendary Arctic expedition into a
thriller worthy ofStephen King or Patrick O'Brian. Their captain's
insane vision of a Northwest Passage has kept the crewmenof The Terror
trapped in Arctic ice for two years without a thaw. But thereal threat
to their survival isn't the ever-shifting landscape of white,the
provisions that have turned to poison before they open them, or theship
slowly buckling in the grip of the frozen ocean. The real threat
iswhatever is out in the frigid darkness, stalking their ship,
snatching oneseaman at a time or whole crews, leaving bodies mangled
horribly or missingforever. Captain Crozier takes over the expedition
after the creature kills itsoriginal leader, Sir John Franklin. Drawing
equally on his own strengths asa seaman and the mystical beliefs of the
Eskimo woman he's rescued, Croziersets a course on foot out of the
Arctic and away from the insatiable beast.But every day the dwindling
crew becomes more deranged and mutinous, untilCrozier begins to fear
there is no escape from an ever-more-inconceivablenightmare.
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