“Simmons’ writing is so vivid that narrator Simon Vance need only deliver the material with a clear and firm reading to capture the interest of listeners. “Brutal, relentless, yet oddly uplifting, The Terror is a masterfully chilling work.” - Entertainment Weekly The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years. THE TERROR is both dazzling history and a sparkling chiller. “A brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror.” - Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author Not only is it historical fiction, depicting the slow starvation of Sir John Franklin's expedition in search of the Northwest Passage, but Simmons also adds a touch of the supernatural. "One of the most terrifying (no pun intended) books I've ever read. And with the crushing cold and the fear of almost certain death at their backs, the most horrifying monster among them may be each other. Crozier and his men may find that there is no escaping the terror stalking them southward. When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a horrifying end, Captain Francis Crozier takes command, leading his surviving crewmen on a last desperate attempt to flee south across the ice.īut another winter is rapidly approaching, and with it, scurvy and starvation. But what they don't expect is a monstrous predator lurking behind the Arctic ice. The men on board the HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. The bestselling novel, "a brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror" (Stephen King), now a major TV series.
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