last update February 16, 2008
Wanda C. Keesey, reviewer
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The Terror
By Dan Simmons
PUB: Black Bay Books
ISBN: 978 0316017459
Its the name of the ship--and the name of the fear that grips the crew. It's hard to believe that this accounting of a domed arctic expedition is anything other than historical facts--it is that real, gripping and larger than life.
I could feel the sixty below cold, and I swear I heard the ice move against the bulkheads and the screams of the wind--or was it the wind?
This daunting book of vivid detail, terror, and suspense brings the brave men of the Erebus and the Terror to life.
As a reader who loves getting lost in time and place--and a writer who hopes to learn the art of putting together a Great book--I thank Dan Simmons for giving me the first and showing me the promise of the second.
Review by Wanda C. Keesey (author Lost In The Mist release May 2008)