The Troop
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4.2 • 983 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
WINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING
“The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.” —Stephen King
Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another.
Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Later—and all-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanity…and terror hungers for more.
Customer Reviews
The Troop
It was a good read!
Lord of the Flies meets The Thing
Amazing book. As a long time horror fan, it takes a lot to make me squeamish… if you can make me squeal and squirm while reading… that’s something. 10/10
A little overrated
I was a little disappointed in this book given all its glowing reviews. I could tell it was well written or whatever, but I think it relied too heavily on gore/visceral body horror. I guess I was expecting something more existential or deeply unsettling, something that would stay with you, but it was more so just uncomfortably graphic scenes that felt a little overdone. Additionally, if anyone is actually reading this review, here is a warning that I wish I had before reading: there are several animal abuse/torture/killing scenes that span for multiple pages. I would have skipped this read if I had known.