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The Terror

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The Terror

Auteur(s): Dan Simmons
Narrateur(s): Tom Sellwood
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The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of triumph. As part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage, they are as scientifically supported an enterprise as has ever set forth. As they enter a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, though, they are stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, with diminishing rations, 126 men fight to survive with poisonous food, a dwindling supply of coal, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is far more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror constantly clawing to get in.When the expedition's leader, Sir John Franklin, meets a terrible death, Captain Francis Crozier takes command and leads his surviving crewmen on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice. With them travels an Inuit woman who cannot speak and who may be the key to survival, or the harbinger of their deaths. But as another winter approaches, as scurvy and starvation grow more terrible, and as the terror on the ice stalks them southward, Crozier and his men begin to fear that there is no escape.

The Terror swells with the heart-stopping suspense and heroic adventure that have won Dan Simmons praise as "a writer who not only makes big promises but keeps them" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). With a haunting and constantly surprising story based on actual historical events, The Terror is a novel that will chill you to your core. Fiction de genre Historiques Horreur Surnaturels Thrillers et romans à suspense Effrayant Paranormal Fiction Intéressant Région polaire Suspense
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"THE TERROR is both dazzling history and a sparkling chiller."—Caroline Leavitt, People
"The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years."—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe
"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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Even though some plot points are telegraphed, the author is so good at putting you in the scene! You feel the characters' dread, their indecision. Very suspenseful.

Tense and gripping

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The man could not have done a better job. He added so much to this dark and suspenseful story.

Best narrator I’ve heard yet

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Should be a disclaimer for Simmons fans. This is not that. Depressing on top of that.

More like Farley Mowat or Jack London then Simmons

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Stories within stories…enjoy while you are walking the dog, or driving but not while you are going to sleep as you won’t want to miss a word.

Long but captivating

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Found it very hard not to listen to this nonstop. Incredibly well written and narrated. Thanks to the author for all the research and writing skill and the narrator for his talent and skill! Great listen - amazing story.

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