The Terror (novel)
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The Terror is the name of a 2007 novel by American author Dan Simmons.[1] The novel is a fictionalized account of the British expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror under Captain Sir John Franklin to the Arctic to force the Northwest Passage in 1845 - 1848. In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and scurvy and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a supernatural monster that methodically kills and devours members of the crew.[2]
The characters featured in The Terror are almost all actual members of Franklin's crew, whose unexplained disappearance has warranted a great deal of speculation. The main characters in the novel include Sir John Franklin, commander of the expedition and captain of Erebus, Captain Francis Crozier, captain of Terror, and Captain James Fitzjames.
[edit] References
- Simmons, Dan (2007). The Terror, 1st ed., Little, Brown. ISBN 0316017442.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The Terror. fantasticfiction. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
- ^ Gregory, Gwen (April 24, 2007). The Terror by Dan Simmons. Bookends. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
