The Terror
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Tom Sellwood
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Written by:
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Dan Simmons
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The men onboard HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. 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. 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 there is no escape. A haunting, gripping story based on actual historical events, The Terror is a novel that will chill you to your core.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-03-08
Tense and gripping
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.
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- Connor
- 2018-10-24
Best narrator I’ve heard yet
The man could not have done a better job. He added so much to this dark and suspenseful story.
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- Douglas granter
- 2022-06-14
More like Farley Mowat or Jack London then Simmons
Should be a disclaimer for Simmons fans. This is not that. Depressing on top of that.
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- Margaret
- 2022-04-19
Page turner
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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- Grv
- 2022-05-22
Great story and narration
I already watched the show before starting the book but the book is so much better. Also the narrator is incredible, great range of voices and accents. Highly recommended!
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- bob j
- 2023-10-27
Long but captivating
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.
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- Langer MD
- 2021-03-22
Harrowing
I went to school with the son of Owen Beatty - the University of Alberta researcher who discovered and examined the graves of the men who died in the Franklin Expedition. Dr Beatty came into our class to deliver a lecture on the expedition in 1985 - an amazing story. Dan Simmons does admirable research to inform this dark tale about the ill-fated mission. The facts (dates, personalities, procedures) are accurate, but the to-this-day-unexplained death of these men provides an opportunity to construct an engrossing tale of paranormal intrigue. Simmons introduces mysterious Inuit occultists, ghostly omens, men being stalked and hunted by some malevolent spiritual/cryptozoological entity, and descent into cannibalistic madness. Simmons becomes overly metaphysical, anthropological, and etymological in the last few chapters of the book, but that is a minor flaw.. for the vast majority of the book he masterfully weaves a genuinely dark atmosphere. The writing is full of tension, moodiness, and disturbing imagery. The description of terminal scurvy, for example, is gut-wrenching.
Simmons uses a non-linear storytelling technique - relating the desperate actions of the survivors during years trapped in ice, the hopeless attempts to escape, and simultaneous retrospective explorations of the planning and experiences of the men back in civilization and early in the expedition. The result is immersive and captivating.
Tom Sellwood does an above-average job conveying the mood intended by the text. He has a deep, smooth voice that expresses emotion marvellously. The suspense in the tale is exhibited by Sellwood with truly chilling effect. Some of the chosen accents are a little strong - rendering some segments difficult to follow - but the text is presented clearly and crisply. Sellwood gives a professional performance that is a joy to peruse..
Altogether, this is a well-crafted 9/10 horror/thriller. It's a dark, entertaining read - well worth a credit.
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- Mark Zulak
- 2020-01-26
Chilling History
This book is a chilling story of Horror and fantasy that dives in to what could have happened to the men of the Franklin expedition. one of historys greatest mysteries and a great listen for history buffs. Both ships were recently discovered and soon we could possibly see some results for what truly happened.
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- Skeptikal
- 2022-06-22
A great way to pay homage to those lost.
This book took what would have been a relatively uneventful story of human suffering and gave those lost sailors a chance at being remembered as individuals instead of just Franklin’s crew.
I enjoyed the spin on Inuit mythology and I found that including a monster breathed harrowing adventure into what otherwise would have been a tragic but boring story about a slow death.
Now if only I could figure out what the rat teeth were about…
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- Jon Ontario
- 2024-01-25
Brilliant story and performance
Stellar story and performance that I come back to repetitively, four times now I believe. Nice and long too.
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