The Terror - Rilegato

Simmons, Dan

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ISBN 10: 0593057627 ISBN 13: 9780593057629

Casa editrice: Bantam Press, 2007

Riassunto

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 ships, snatching one man at a time – mutilating, devouring. A nameless thing, at once nowhere and everywhere, this terror has become the expedition’s nemesis. When Franklin meets a terrible death, it falls to Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror to take command and lead the remaining crew on a last, desperate attempt to flee south across the ice. With them travels an Eskimo woman who cannot speak. She may be the key to survival – or the harbinger of their deaths. And as scurvy, starvation and madness take their toll, as the Terror on the ice become evermore bold, Crozier and his men begin to fear there is no escape...

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Recensione:

"The Terror is nothing less than a revelation. Dan Simmons is a giant among novelists." (Lincoln Child)

"Simmons has created a chilling supernatural novel...the horrific trials of their impending icy deaths are vividly brought to life. " (DAILY EXPRESS)

"I am in awe of Dan Simmons." (Stephen King)

"Dan Simmons is brilliant." (Dean Koontz)

"Dramatic and vivid...Simmons has given us a host of colourful, believable characters caught up in a driving, hell-bent narrative. The Terror is a tour de force." (Ken McGoogan, Author Of Lady Franklin's Revenge)

Descrizione del libro:

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.

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• Editore: Bantam Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0593057627
• ISBN 13: 9780593057629
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 784