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[[File:The_Terroir.jpg|thumb|''The Terroir'' by Mason S. Minds.]]'''''The Terroir''''' is a 2007 novel by Canadian-American author [[Mason S. Minds]]. | [[File:The_Terroir.jpg|thumb|''The Terroir'' by Mason S. Minds.]]'''''The Terroir''''' is a 2007 novel by Canadian-American author [[Mason S. Minds]]. | ||
It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the fabled Northwest Vineyards. | It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS ''Erebus'' and HMS ''Terror'' to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the fabled Northwest Vineyards. | ||
== Plot summary == | == Plot summary == | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 28 June 2020
The Terroir is a 2007 novel by Canadian-American author Mason S. Minds.
It is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the fabled Northwest Vineyards.
Plot summary
While Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with cheap merlot and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by the Phylloxerum, a supernaturally cold-resistant swarm of vine-eating parasites.
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External links
- The Terror (novel) @ Wikipedia
- Dan Simmons @ Wikipedia
- John Franklin @ Wikipedia
- Franklin's lost expedition @ Wikipedia
- Phylloxera @ Wikipedia