The Terror

A brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror.

STEPHEN KING

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

DAILY EXPRESS

One of the most remarkable things I've read . . . nothing short of a masterpiece. It is a bona fide tour de force.

SFREVU

A revelation . . . Simmons is a giant among novelists.

LINCOLN CHILD

Go out and buy this book . . . a fantastic achievement. Gripping, well-observed, and at times genuinely frightening.

SFX

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

Meticulously researched and brilliantly imagined . . . a dramatic and mythic argument for how and why Franklin and his men met their demise . . . a compelling read.

WASHINGTON POST

The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years . . . a haunting, precisely imagined fictional solution to one of history's most disquieting mysteries . . . brilliantly executed.

BOSTON GLOBE

??Dan Simmons is brilliant.

DEAN KOONTZ

Brilliant . . . Simmons takes this 19th-century tragedy and crafts an imaginative hybrid tale. It's a historical horror novel . . . the kind of rich epic that requires a touch of patience at the beginning but amply rewards the reader by the end.

USA TODAY

A beautifully written historical, which injects a note of supernatural horror into the 1840s Franklin expedition and its doomed search for the Northwest Passage . . . should add significantly to Simmons's already considerable reputation.

PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY

Lengthy and ambitious . . . but gut-wrenching tension, a true sense of fear, and vivid historical detail combine for an unputdownable read.

GOOD BOOK GUIDE

A beautifully written historical, which injects a note of supernatural horror into the 1840s Franklin expedition and its doomed search for the Northwest Passage . . . should add significantly to Simmons's already considerable reputation

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

A brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror

STEPHEN KING

A lengthy and ambitious book, but gut-wrenching tension, a true sense of fear, and vivid historical detail combine for an unputdownable read

GOOD BOOK GUIDE

A revelation. Dan Simmons is a giant among novelists

LINCOLN CHILD

Brilliant . . . Simmons takes this 19th-century tragedy and crafts an imaginative hybrid tale. It's a historical horror novel . . . the kind of rich epic that requires a touch of patience at the beginning but amply rewards the reader by the end

USA TODAY

Convincingly renders both period details and the nuts and bolts of polar exploration . . . the supernatural element helps resolve the plot in a surprising yet highly effective manner

KIRKUS REVIEWS

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

Go out and buy this book . . . a fantastic achievement. Gripping, well-observed, and at times genuinely frightening

SFX

Meticulously researched and brilliantly imagined . . . a dramatic and mythic argument for how and why Franklin and his men met their demise . . . a compelling read

WASHINGTON POST

One of the most remarkable things I've read . . . nothing short of a masterpiece. It is a bona fide tour de force

John Berlyne, SFREVU

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

DAILY EXPRESS

The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years . . . a haunting, precisely imagined fictional solution to one of history's most disquieting mysteries . . . brilliantly executed

BOSTON GLOBE

This book really is an astonishing achievement, blending meticulous research with excellent characterisation. We can't recommend this one heartily enough

DEATHRAY