The Terror
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The Terror
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Narrated by:
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Tom Sellwood
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By:
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Dan Simmons
About this listen
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Terror by Dan Simmons, read by Tom Sellwood.
Stephen King hailed Dan Simmons' bestselling novel as 'a brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror' and it's now a chilling 10-part AMC Original TV series from Ridley Scott.
The most advanced scientific enterprise ever mounted, Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition in search of the fabled North-West Passage had every expectation of triumph.
But for almost two years his ships HMS Terror and Erebus have been trapped in the Arctic ice. Supplies of fuel and food are running low. Scurvy, starvation and even madness beging to take their toll. And yet the real threat isn’t from the constantly shifting, alien landscape, the flesh-numbing temperatures or being crushed by the unyielding, frozen ocean. No, the real threat is far more terrifying.
There is something out there in the frigid darkness. It stalks the ships and snatches men. It is a nameless thing. At once nowhere and everywhere, this terror has become the expedition’s nemesis...
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Critic reviews
"Simmons has created a chilling supernatural novel...the horrific trials of their impending icy deaths are vividly brought to life." (Daily Express)
"A brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror." (STEPHEN KING)
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- R. Maines
- 15-02-19
Brrrrr!
The cold is as implacable foe as the monster that hunts the Franklin expedition. Horror doesn’t get much better than this.
Narration was good.
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- Blondie
- 19-02-20
A marathon but worth it
An epic yarn on the vividly described Arctic ice. I felt the men’s fear and cold, was intrigued by the way of life and found the characters strongly delineated enough to care about them. It held my attention for nearly 30 hours with its variety and the narrator’s skilled recreation of the voices. Thoroughly recommended.
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- Amber
- 03-05-21
slow in some parts, TERRIFYING in others!
overall, I loved this book. the narrator was fab. It can drag its heels a little in some parts, and delve into the past to tell long stories- ( if you've ever read a long Stephen King novel then you'll get what I mean). But the characters and we'll written and some parts of this book are really scary. Everyone should read this book, you'll learn a bit of history and be entertained!
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- The Goose
- 26-04-20
Unmissable
One of the best books on audible, a historical lesson with a twist of rum. Takes a terrifying event in time, and pulls the reader in to experience it and more.
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- Matthew Trow
- 20-01-21
This was pretty much my perfect book!
an incredible amount of historical information, the perfect story and a real life set of characters. This book has everything I could have wanted.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-12-20
Fantastic.
Got through this so quick as i could not stop listening. wherever i was, whatever i was doing i found an excuse to get a few chapters in. The narrator was so good, putting on various voices and accents for each chatacter......and there are alot.
One of the villains of the book was written and acted out so well that i cannot remember ever despising a fictional character so much.
Most memorable part of the book for me was Blankeys first encounter with the creature from the ice, rivetting stuff.
I recomend anyone reading this review to give it a go. looking forward to watching the AMC series now......cannot see it stand up to this if i am honest.
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- John
- 10-02-19
Excellent
Well worth a credit. Great story. Well narrated. Multiple levels of story. Comes together well.
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- Lakota
- 16-01-22
Really enjoyed this audio book!
I knew of The Terror and Erebus failed expedition and that there's a TV series based off this book (which i havent seen) but my knowledge of the expedition was minimal and thought to give this audio book a go after listening to a sample.
I was not disappointed.
True there has been elements added for artistic licence to this story (it is fiction after all!) which I know will be seen as fanciful and supernatural to some, yet i dont care. This has kept me so engrossed and interested all the way through, even being nearly 29hrs long! I found myself constantly resuming it when i had moments spare during the day and playing it until the small hours of the night just desperate to find out what happens next.
The narrator has done such a fantastic job with this! His work with emotion in the voices amplified the story telling and did quite a decent job with the accents too!
I have already recommended this audio book before i had even finished it. Now that i have, my opinion hasn't changed.
Definitely worth a listen!
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- Sober Man's Secret
- 23-10-22
Absolutely Fantastic
loved every minute of this book. Expertly narrated and brilliantly written. A great tale for the dark nights ahead!
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- Cliente Amazon
- 18-08-22
magnificent
brilliant story and best narrator I've ever heard. had me gripped right till the end
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