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The Terror
- Author
- Dan Simmons
- Narrator
- Tom Sellwood
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 7 February 2017
- Run Time
- 28 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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
Critics Review
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"THE TERROR is both dazzling history and a sparkling chiller."—Caroline Leavitt, People
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"The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years."—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe
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"THE TERROR is nothing less than a revelation. Dan Simmons is a giant among novelists, and I am in awe of his achievement."
—Lincoln Child
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Details
- Author
- Dan Simmons
- Narrator
- Tom Sellwood
- Duration
- 28 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 February 2017
- ISBN
- 9781478971238
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Sea stories, Historical fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Horror and supernatural fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
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
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