I can't praise this book highly enough.'ĭescription: When the body of a woman is discovered in a fisherman's net in Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula, new recruit Detective Sergeant Joaquin Moralès is thrown in at the deep end. I couldn't put it down!' ***** 'A tremendous weighty achievement in atmosphere and storytelling.' ***** 'So beautifully written and well researched. Readers are gripped by The Terror: ***** 'One of the best books I have ever read. At once nowhere and everywhere, this terror has become the expedition's nemesis. There is something out there in the frigid darkness. No, the real threat is far more terrifying. And yet the real threat isn't from the constantly shifting, alien landscape, the flesh-numbing temperatures or being crushed by the unyielding, frozen ocean. Scurvy, starvation and even madness beging to take their toll. Supplies of fuel and food are running low. But for almost two years his ships HMS Terror and Erebus have been trapped in the Arctic ice. Now a chilling 10-part TV series from RIDLEY SCOTT on BBC2 and iPlayer The most advanced scientific enterprise ever mounted, Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition in search of the fabled North-West Passage had every expectation of triumph. Description: Hailed by STEPHEN KING as 'a brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror'.
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