Powers, Boston Globe About the Author Dan Simmons is the Hugo Award-winning author of several novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Olympos and The Terror. The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years.

There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror clawing to get in. If you have iTunes and it doesn’t open automatically, try opening it from your dock or Windows task bar.

But their real enemy is even more terrifying. If you don’t have iTunes, download it for free. Called the HMSs Erebus and Terror, they held a combined crew of one hundred and twenty-nine men. As part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for. Of course 'The Terror' has two meanings and if the plight of the crew wasn't enough, given Simmons writes horror fiction, in this version they are also being hunted down by some huge mythical beast (from the indigenous tribe's folklore), whilst internal tensions turn members of the crew against each other. Literature The terror by Dan Simmons (2007) In 1845, the two ships of the Sir John Franklin Expedition left the United Kingdom to find the fabled Northwest Passage to China through the Canadian arctic. Endlessly cold, they struggle to survive with poisonous rations, a dwindling coal supply, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of triumph. 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. Book Synopsis The masterfully chilling novel that inspired the hit AMC series (Entertainment Weekly). About the Book 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.

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