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This Week's Question Is:
What is your favourite book with a "winter" world?
Summary:
The bestselling author of Ilium and Olympos transforms the true story of a legendary Arctic expedition into a thriller worthy of Stephen King or Patrick O'Brian. Their captain's insane vision of a Northwest Passage has kept the crewmen of The Terror trapped in Arctic ice for two years without a thaw. But the real threat to their survival isn't the ever-shifting landscape of white, the provisions that have turned to poison before they open them, or the ship slowly buckling in the grip of the frozen ocean. The real threat is whatever is out in the frigid darkness, stalking their ship, snatching one seaman at a time or whole crews, leaving bodies mangled horribly or missing forever. Captain Crozier takes over the expedition after the creature kills its original leader, Sir John Franklin. Drawing equally on his own strengths as a seaman and the mystical beliefs of the Eskimo woman he's rescued, Crozier sets a course on foot out of the Arctic and away from the insatiable beast. But every day the dwindling crew becomes more deranged and mutinous, until Crozier begins to fear there is no escape from an ever-more-inconceivable nightmare.
Summary & Cover taken from Goodreads.com
Length: 769 pages (Hardcover)
Publication Date: January 8th 2007 by Little, Brown and Company
I loved this book when I read it a few years back and AMC is actually working on a television series based on The Terror. As much as I love holiday reads, cozy little romances in winter wonderlands, this novel is the one that stands out for me as the one with the best winter world. I mean it's an adventure/horror novel set in the Arctic!
What about you? What's your favourite
book with a "winter" world?
I remember you mentioning this book before and how much you liked it. I dig the cover
ReplyDeleteYou would love it!
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DeleteIt sounds like something that would be up my alley
DeleteOh my gosh. That's so one that would push my nightmare buttons. lol The cover is nice, though!
ReplyDeleteIt's so creepy and scary, probably the scariest read I've ever read.
DeleteOh my word I love that cover! Thanks for sharing! Here's my FF
ReplyDeleteIsn't it an awesome cover!
DeleteThis sounds ike a great book. I haven't heard about it yet, but it sounds great.
ReplyDeleteMy FF post.
It's one of my favourites :)
DeleteNot a book I've heard but it sounds good and definitely answers the question.
ReplyDeleteI had to throw a horror novel into the mix of all the lighter reads people are sharing
DeleteMy goodness, The Terror appears intense and sounds like an interesting winter read. Old bloglovin' follower.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stoppin' on by Whitney!
DeleteThat cover alone could give me nightmares! I'm not a horror fan and I honestly do not like winter or snow so yeah. Nightmares all around! :)
ReplyDeleteLOL I'm Canadian so winter is basically just thrown at us lol
DeleteI've never read anything by Dan Simmons, but I've heard that he's one of the best horror writers out there currently. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteHe's amazing! I have a few of his other books on my bookshelf but I'm nervous to read them lol he's that scary.
DeleteSounds like a great read! My favorite with a winter world would have to be Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. The setting really added to the sense of fantasy and wonder.
ReplyDeleteThe Snow Child seems to be a very popular pick! I really should read it next year finally.
DeleteOoh nice! That's a totally new to me one!
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Wow! This sounds like an awesome book in time for the holidays!
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Wow! That is a rather large book! I'm so glad you stopped by and are joining up for a pen-pal:)
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Colletta
Sounds eerie... but wonderfully interesting!
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Haven't read that one before!
ReplyDeletedefinitely sounds like a great book! Gonna have to add it to my TBR pile!!
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