The Troop: Tiktok's favourite horror novel!
Feb 2014 · Hachette UK
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'Scared the hell out of me' Stephen King
A normal camping trip: 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. The boys are all friends, and the weekend should go smoothly.
A horrifying visitor: It comes to them in the night. An unexpected intruder, stumbling upon their campsite like a wild animal. He is shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry. And whatever has made him sick . . . is contagious.
A struggle to the death: And so it begins. An agonizing weekend in the wilderness. A harrowing struggle for survival. No possible escape from the elements, the infected . . . or one another.
The incredible novel of friendship, horror, wilderness and survival by a modern master.
A normal camping trip: 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. The boys are all friends, and the weekend should go smoothly.
A horrifying visitor: It comes to them in the night. An unexpected intruder, stumbling upon their campsite like a wild animal. He is shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry. And whatever has made him sick . . . is contagious.
A struggle to the death: And so it begins. An agonizing weekend in the wilderness. A harrowing struggle for survival. No possible escape from the elements, the infected . . . or one another.
The incredible novel of friendship, horror, wilderness and survival by a modern master.
'Scared the hell out of me' Stephen King
A normal camping trip: 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. The boys are all friends, a...
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Fith Fath
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October 31, 2022
It's a good horror story. The positives are: good setting, excellent concept, a good selection of characters. The negatives being: the timing fails in a couple of areas as the story progresses, the kids talk about their ordeal being a few days when really it is only a day and a bit. (A minor niggle, but it bothers me). *Spoiler Alert* The other issue I have is with the character Eff suddenly becoming feeble and weak minded enough to let Shelly talk him into a terrible act of self mutilation. This just simply doesn't seem to fit with the back story the reader gets for Eff's personality. (I'm surprised this got past an editor). *End of Spoiler* On the whole a reasonable effort.
jamie green
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November 17, 2024
Not disturbing or scary as i was expecting after reading reviews. Situations and things were described in a way i didn't get sometimes. Words used i had never heard the like of before. I guess it was a Canadian to black country ( west midlands UK ) thing. Overall not bad but no twist or great surprise at the end.
Diane Wheeldon
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September 9, 2023
Utterly revoltingly good. Couldn't eat when reading this book,more horrible than most horror biiks.
About the author
Nick Cutter is the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller The Troop (which is currently being developed for film), The Deep, Little Heaven, The Handyman Method, co-written with Andrew F. Sullivan, and The Queen. Nick Cutter is the pseudonym for Craig Davidson, whose much lauded literary fiction includes Rust and Bone, The Saturday Night Ghost Club and, most recently, the short story collection Cascade. His story 'Medium Tough' was selected by author Jennifer Egan for The Best American Short Stories 2014. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
Nick Cutter is the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller The Troop (which is currently being developed for film), The Deep, Little Heaven, The Handyman Method, co-written with Andrew F. Sullivan, and The Queen. Nick Cutter is the pseudonym for Craig Davidson, whose much lauded literary fi...
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