Falstaff Island is a densely wooded, isolated island off the north shore of Canada's Prince Edward Island (PEI). Scout master Tim Riggs, a small town General Practitioner on PEI, is taking his troop of five teenage boys on their annual camping trip to Falstaff. When a foul-smelling, totally emaciated man comes ashore looking for something -- anything! -- to eat, the nightmare begins. The runaway biological weapon the man brings with him will alter the outcome of everyone's lives.
The island has been quarantined by the military due to the biological threat, thus isolating the troop. Left to fend for themselves, the boys are pitted against each other struggling to survive the horrific situation, and wondering why no one is coming to get them.
Nick Cutter takes readers on a ghastly rollercoaster ride of horror in THE TROOP. The multifarious plot develops into darkly haunting, nail-biting suspense. Certainly not for the squeamish or faint of heart, THE TROOP is a gruesome, gory, nightmarish tale of biological experiments gone awry.
Lord of the Flies meets The Ruins in this frightening novel written in the bestselling traditions of Stephen King and Scott Smith.
Boy Scouts live by the motto “Be Prepared.” However, nothing can prepare this group of young boys and their scoutmaster for what they encounter on a small, deserted island, as they settle down for a weekend of campfires, merit badges, and survival lessons.
Everything changes when a haggard stranger in tattered clothing appears out of nowhere and collapses on the campers’ doorstep. Before the night is through, this stranger will end up infecting one of the troop’s own with a bioengineered horror that’s straight out of their worst nightmares. Now stranded on the island with no communication to the outside world, the troop learns to battle much more than the elements, as they are pitted against something nature never intended…and eventually each other.
“Lean and crisp and over-the-top....Disquieting, disturbing,” says Scott Smith, author of The Ruins and A Simple Plan, The Troop is a visceral burn of a read that combines boldly drawn characters with a fantastically rendered narrative—a terrifying story you’ll never forget.
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