The bestselling author of Ilium and Olympos transforms thetrue story of a legendary Arctic expedition into a thriller worthy ofStephen King or Patrick OBrian Their captains insane vision of a Northwest Passage has kept the crewmenof The Terror trapped in Arctic ice for two years without a thaw But thereal threat to their survival isnt the ever-shifting landscape of whitethe provisions that have turned to poison before they open them or theship slowly buckling in the grip of the frozen ocean The real threat iswhatever is out in the frigid darkness stalking their ship snatching oneseaman at a time or whole crews leaving bodies mangled horribly or missingforever Captain Crozier takes over the expedition after the creature kills itsoriginal leader Sir John Franklin Drawing equally on his own strengths asa seaman and the mystical beliefs of the Eskimo woman hes rescued Croziersets a course on foot out of the Arctic and away from the insatiable beastBut every day the dwindling crew becomes more deranged and mutinous untilCrozier begins to fear there is no escape from an ever-more-inconceivablenightmare.
