The Terror (Abridged): A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “A brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror.”

  — Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author

• “Brutal, relentless, yet oddly uplifting, The Terror is a masterfully chilling work.”

  — Entertainment Weekly

• “Simmons’ writing is so vivid that narrator Simon Vance need only deliver the material with a clear and firm reading to capture the interest of listeners. Vance does this so well that the presentation sounds like a recorded journal entry and captivates listeners from start to finish as he plays his role with the utmost respect for Simmons’ work. The result is a moving listening experience—perfectly executed—which transports listeners to the galley of the HMS Terror during its expedition through the Arctic Circle. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

  — AudioFile

• “Dan Simmons does not need comparison with anybody else. He is very much his own man, and now with this chilling—in every way—thriller, he is set to break big.”

  — New York Daily News

• “Simmons, an accomplished writer of horror and sci fi, is predictably adroit in his deployment of terror, but the greatest pleasure of the novel lies in the sharp and sympathetic portrayals of Captain Francis Crozier, who assumes command of the expedition after Franklin’s death, and Dr. Harry Goodsir, the mild yet determined ship’s physician.”

  — New Yorker

• “The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years.”

  — Boston Globe

• “The Terror makes some keen observations about man and nature, civilization and savagery.”

  — San Francisco Chronicle

• “First-rate historical fiction.”

  — Oregonian

• “The Terror is the sort of rich, character- and plot-driven novel that provides thrills while fulfilling the desire for a substantial, intellectually satisfying read.”

  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• THE TERROR is both dazzling history and a sparkling chiller.

  — Caroline Leavitt, People

• The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years.

  — Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe