The Terror

A Novel

Paperback, 784 pages

English language

Published Dec. 10, 2007 by Back Bay Books.

ISBN:
978-0-316-01745-9
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OCLC Number:
154694500

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The bestselling author of Ilium transforms the story of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition into a devastating historical adventure that will chill you to your core.The men on board Her Britannic Majesty's Ships Terror and Erebus had every expectation of triumph. They were part of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition – as scientifically advanced an enterprise as had ever set forth – and theirs were the first steam-driven vessels to go in search of the fabled North-West Passage. But the ships have now been trapped in the Arctic ice for nearly two years. Coal and provisions are running low. Yet the real threat isn't the constantly shifting landscape of white or the flesh-numbing temperatures, dwindling supplies or the vessels being slowly crushed by the unyielding grip of the frozen ocean. No, the real threat is far more terrifying. There is something out there that haunts the frigid darkness, which stalks the …

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Review of 'The Terror' on 'Goodreads'

omg - at first I was thinking that this book was going to be boring - english expeditions looking for the north west passage. But it sucked me in and I couldn't put it down. All 784 pages of it kept me engaged. I kept peeking ahead but ended up staying up late two nights in a row to finish. Simmons spends a lot of time crafting the characters and you feel like you know them well as the book progresses. This is a very sad book yet has a sort of happy ending, at least for one character.

Review of 'Terreur' on 'Goodreads'

Voilà du lourd, du très très lourd. Et je ne parle pas de la taille, de l’épaisseur et du poids du livre, fort imposant cela dit. Dan Simmons, que je découvre ici, nous entraîne dans une aventure des plus oppressantes, inspirée d’un fait réel, et habilement teintée de fantastique histoire de combler les zones d’ombres qui entourent l’expédition. Je suis tombée sous le charme de Simmons et de son talent de conteur. Je reste sans voix devant un tel souci du détail, je n’ose imaginer la quantité de documentations consultées par l’auteur pour reconstituer si précisément une expédition dont on sait encore peu de chose sur le déroulement de sa fatale issue. Le mode de vie des marins de l’époque est d’une précision confondante, rien ne nous est épargné, pour mieux nous immerger dans l’histoire, le contexte, la mentalité d’alors. Il nous restitue tout dans les moindres détails, la gestion …

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