The Terror
A Novel
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4.4 • 41 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Based on the true story of two ice ships that disappeared in the Arctic Circle during the Sir John Franklin Expedition in 1845, The Terror is a meticulously researched and fascinating account of 19th century seafaring life.
"Masterfully chilling." —Entertainment Weekly
The men on board the HMS Terror—part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage—are entering a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, they struggle to survive with poisonous rations, a dwindling coal supply, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is even more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror clawing to get in.
“The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years.” —Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe
Customer Reviews
You’ll be frozen in terror and shivering with delight!
Without a question this is the best novel I have ever read. The story is relentless, the plot thoroughly imagined, the prose of writing outstanding yet never overwhelming, the mystery irresistible. I can not flaw this book for anything. Some say that that it is too long, in my opinion it could have been an extra 500 because I just couldn’t get enough. This experience was magical.