Read This Book!
I'm currently reading the novel The Terror by Dan Simmons. It's kind of a combination historical fiction/horror tale set during Sir John Franklin's disasterous 1845 expedition to find the Northwest Passage (the book's name is partly taken from one of the two expedition ships, the HMS Terror). The men of the expedition deal with the very real problems of poor planning, tainted food, crushing ice, frigid cold, and the long endless nights of winter north of the Arctic Circle. They also find a mysterious mute Inuit woman whose arrival is connected with frightening noises: screams, groans, and something scratching to get into the hull of the icebound ship.
Think of it as a combination of Patrick O'Brien (Master and Commander series) and Stephen King's better work.
Think of it as a combination of Patrick O'Brien (Master and Commander series) and Stephen King's better work.