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Rent The Terror
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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: Dec 2007
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers
Retail Price: $21.99
Pages: 784
Synopsis
The bestselling novel, "a brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror" (Stephen King) is now a major TV series.
The men on board the HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. But what they don't expect is a monstrous predator lurking behind the Arctic ice. 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.
But another winter is rapidly approaching, and with it, scurvy and starvation. Crozier and his men may find that there is no escaping the terror stalking them southward. 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.
Reviews
I'm not a big fan of historical books, but this book was awesome. I couldn't put it down. It's one of the best scary books I've read in the last couple of years.
I am a Dan Simmons fan and this book is a total departure from his usual genre.....and I LOVED IT. I learned about British Naval history, the quest for the arctic circle, native philosophy and so much more. I raced through it and immediately wanted to start it again. I loaned it to my Dad a retired US Naval Officer and he devoured it in 2 days! Totally absorbing and a real can't-put-it-down masterpiece.
Though this book is long and historical, it captivated me. I was sad to see it end. Two ships sailed to try to find the Northwest Passage and never returned. This is Simmons' interpretation of what happened.