

This is old-school horror at its best." -Stephen King or one another.Description " The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. No possible escape from the elements, the infected. One by one, the boys will do things no person could ever imagine.Īnd so it begins. Within his body is a bioengineered nightmare, a horror that spreads faster than fear.

He is shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry-a man in unspeakable torment who exposes Tim and the boys to something far more frightening than any ghost story. An unexpected intruder, stumbling upon their campsite like a wild animal. But for some reason, he can’t shake the feeling that something strange is in the air this year. For the most part, they all get along and are happy to be there-which makes Scoutmaster Tim’s job a little easier. Tere’s Kent, one of the most popular kids in school Ephraim and Max, also well-liked and easygoing then there’s Newt the nerd and Shelley the odd duck. 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 bonfre. Not for the faint-hearted, but for the rest of us sick puppies, it's a perfect gift for a winter night." Stephen King: "THE TROOP scared the hell out of me, and I couldn't put it down. Hopefully I'm wrong on that, though, and it is as good as King suggests.

25) by "Neil Cutter." I hestitate to mention it only because it sounds like one of those written for the movies books. King has provided a rousing endorsement for this upcoming book (Feb.
