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The Troop

By: Nick Cutter
Narrated by: Corey Brill
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 “The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.” —Stephen King

Lord of the Flies meets 28 Days Later in this “grim microcosm of terror and desperation haunting” (Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author) following a scout troop on a terrifying fight for survival when they come across a mysterious—and deadly—stranger in the Canadian wilderness.

Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horrifying contagion that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another.

Part parasitic horror, part survival thriller—and all-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanity…and terror hungers for more. Genetic Engineering Genre Fiction Horror Literary Fiction Science Fiction Thriller & Suspense Exciting Gory Horror
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I am a little desensitised to horror and there is nothing too graphic or horrific to alarm me, but this came close at times. I am an animal lover and hate real life harm to animals but I am not too bothered usually reading about such things depieced in a fictional setting, but Nicks descriptions of certain things being done to animals made me need to hug my pets a few times hahaha. As others have said, cant recommend this book enough but be careful if animal cruelty is a trigger for you, with that said one scene kind of had a dark beauty by the end of ordeal. So dont skip over said scenes

If David Cronenberg had done Lord of the flies

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There was a slow start to story not helped by a lifeless narration. But I stuck with it and was rewarded with a deeply affective story and a narrative which improved as the story went. I wouldn't call this so much a straight horror more of a drama. that's not to say it's not drenched in gore and creepy moments, I just found the horror element was a backdrop for the characters paths. some brilliant turns of phrases and and observations on life, death and turtles.

slow start with a worms pace almost.

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It's the kids way of dealing with the horror that unfolds thats really scary. I read Lord of the Flies recently and was underwhelmed, this is what I expected Lord of the Flies to be. The way one boy in particular uses the horror that's happening to cover his own psychotic episodes probably the scariest thing about this story.The narrator of this book did a great job, nothing worse that a horrible narration.

kids are scary

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I heard great reviews for this book, but when it came to it not overly impressed. story was ok, read well.

slightly disappointed

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The story was well paced throughout. Characters were well formed and all added value. The narrator however was so monotone - almost like a bad AI reading a script. I prefer voice actors to drab readers.
But, if you can get past that, the story is good, gruesome and graphic.

Graphic horror if you like that kinda thing

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