A break from the literary fiction I've been reading for the last two years, this is a "horror" novel, at least that is how it is marketed. I think it is much better than the usual horror novel, although the only thing of that genre I have to read that I can compare it to is "Misery". There are a lot of gruesome descriptions of death and dismemberment. I suppose that is required in this genre? I'm not sure that the descriptions added much.
There is also quite a bit of fantasy, involving Eskimo folklore and mystical beliefs. These are esential to the plot.
The novel is a cross between historical fiction and horror. It;s based on a mid nineteenth century polar expedition that was trapped in the ice for three years, with the resultant, scurvy, stavation, mutiny, and ravages by a proto-polar-bear.
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