The Troop

By: Nick Cutter

Narrated by: Corey Brill

“The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best.” —Stephen King

Lord of the Flies meets 28 Days Later in this “grim microcosm of terror and desperation haunting” (Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author) following a scout troop on a terrifying fight for survival when they come across a mysterious—and deadly—stranger in the Canadian wilderness.

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. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly thin, disturbingly pale, and voraciously hungry—Tim and the boys are exposed to something far more frightening than any tale of terror. The human carrier of a bioengineered nightmare. A horrifying contagion that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another.

Part parasitic horror, part survival thriller—and all-consuming—this tightly written, edge-of-your-seat thriller takes you deep into the heart of darkness, where fear feeds on sanity…and terror hungers for more.

JOSEPF MENGELE 2.0

ISLAND WOMEN WERE LIKE CHRISTMAS TREES, NOBODY WANTED THEM AFTER THE 25TH.
This is a gruesome story, not the grossest I have ever read, but it was up there. I like mad scientist and I like biology gone wild, so this was a great book for me. It was a great look at the kind of kids who are in scouts these days and most kids were good, but!!. The story about the tape worms was not gory enough Cutter brought in a few evil characters.

The only complaint I would have is I believe it dragged on a little long. The children or people that are killed are killed one at a time, which takes a long time and we get a background on all the kids. Edit out about two hours and this would have been much better. It is still a five star listen.

Good but disturbing

One of the few books I have listened to where I had to jump over parts because I couldn’t take it. The description of various “incidents” made my stomach queasy but overall a great story.

Let's call the exterminator

Started out SOOOO strong. Absolutely original theme and plot structure, even thought the book itself is an homage to Lord of the Flies... but then.... it pitter-patters out into a repetitive description of worms. I'd say 50 pages could be chopped off of this book and it would be much more tolerable.
Got me through my morning commute, though.

ooooh yeah. good stuff indeed.

Would you listen to The Troop again? Why?

certainly. the narrator is perfect for the material.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Troop?

everything matters. don't want to give anything away.

Which character – as performed by Corey Brill – was your favorite?

Doc.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

don't even breath...

Any additional comments?

an honestly good horror story. done with integrity. at turns creepy, at others spit-gulping gross. the characters are interesting and fresh and never boring or stale or wooden. file under literary horror.

koombayeye my my i'm hungry

well written, well performed and quite gross :) recommend to people who like their horror messy