The Terror
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“A brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror.”
Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author
An Off the Shelf Pick of Best Supernatural Thrillers
Nominated for the British Fantasy Award
Winner of the 2008 International Horror Guild Award
Finalist for the 2007 Bram Stoker Award
A Kirkus Reviews Pick of 11 of the Most Terrifying Books of All Time
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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