The Terror Contributor(s): Simmons, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316017450 ISBN-13: 9780316017459 Publisher: Back Bay Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2007 Annotation: Greeted with excited critical praise, this extraordinary novel--inspired by the true story of two ice ships that disappeared in the Arctic Circle during an 1845 expedition--swells with heart-stopping suspense and heroic adventure. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Supernatural - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Media Tie-in |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2009464877 |
Lexile Measure: 1290(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.56" W x 8.3" L (1.47 lbs) 784 pages |
Features: Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
Awards: Bram Stoker Awards, Nominee, Novel, 2007 |
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 01/27/2008 pg. 20 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The "masterfully chilling" novel that inspired the hit AMC series (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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