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The Terror by Dan Simmons

The Terror

A Novel

by Dan Simmons
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  • First Published:
  • Jan 8, 2007, 784 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Dec 2007, 672 pages
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Crozier knows that there’s only one thing on earth with that much power, deadly persistence, and malevolent intelligence. The monster on the ice is trying to get at them from below.

Without saying another word to Marine Private Wilkes, Captain Crozier goes below to sort things out.

Copyright © 2007 by Dan Simmons. Reproduced with permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.

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