The Terror - by Dan Simmons (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The "masterfully chilling" novel that inspired the hit AMC series (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>). </b> <p/>The men on board the HMS <i>Terror </i>-- 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. <p/><b>"The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years." --Katherine A. Powers, <i>Boston Globe</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Dan Simmons</b> is the Hugo Award-winning author of several novels, including the <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers <i>Olympos</i> and <i>The Terror</i>. He lives in Colorado.
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