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Article: Simmons, Dan. The terror.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
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SIMMONS, Dan. The terror. Read by John Lee. 22 cds. 18.33 hrs. Books on Tape. 2007. 978-1-4159-3713-6. $103.20. Cardboard; plot notes. A
Two ships searching for the legendary Northwest Passage to the Pacific become hopelessly imprisoned in the ice. The 126 men on the two ships face the bleak prospect of freezing, succumbing to the ravages of disease or starving to death. To make matters considerably worse, some sort of monstrous creature that thrives in this hostile environment is slaughtering the sailors, and seems impervious to their weapons. Captain Francis Crozier takes his surviving men south across the ice. The story is told via the diary of the lone ...