WINNER OF THE JAMES HERBERT AWARD FOR HORROR WRITING “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 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 … 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 horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another.
Part Lord of the Flies, part 28 Days Later–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.more
This book was a gift from my daughter and I LOVED it. All hell breaks loose on this island with some scouts and their leader. At times Cutter got a little wordy and you wanted to scream to hurry it up already, but it kept you diving from one page to another. You keep waiti g for the next incident and the next and the next. Once I finished I …
Don’t eat before, during, or when you read it…
the sense of horror here is … visceral. It was a good book, no doubt but it was very trying.
A great tale told on two fronts at the same time
Nick Cutter tells this tale in two ways – 75% of it is a standard tale, 25% of this is told through newspaper articles, court transcripts and the like.
At first the changes were a bit off putting, but then I grew to like them. The tale is told quickly, and that meta-narrative really brings a …
This book scared the living daylights out of me. It 100% made my skin crawl in a way a book has never done before. The creepiness of the characters on top of the scariness of the creature was more than phenomenal. Not for everyone, but I absolutely loved it.
I read this in 4 days. I haven’t done that since high school. That’s how enraptured I was with this book. So giving it 3 stars feels weird. I loved the story, the characters were all unique and held their own, and the author knows how to make the reader feel like the worms are squirming around in their very own stomachs. I recommend it to those …
Has a good Lord of the Flies vibe to it. A definite recommendation for the creature horror fans out there.
I can’t recommend a better way to give yourself nightmares than this book. I believe the the word “haunting” is overused to describe scary books. However, there is no better way to describe the ending or the story itself. It haunts me. Excellent horror.
Talk about a science experiment gone horribly wrong….or has it. The troop is a very disturbing, realistic horror story. A Scoutmaster and his troop are on an isolated island for the weekend when a biological monstrosity in the form of an escaped test subject is accidentally set upon them. The horror and isolation are felt in this Stephen King …
I got through it and never got scared. Nick Cutter has an active imagination and is a very descriptive writer. The book was good in that respect, but was more gross than scary. The idea of worms eating you alive from the inside out is repulsive and, if that’s the kind of story you like, this is definitely a story you should read. I didn’t really …
This book simply never stopped from the first pages. It is definitely creepy and gory, but it also has great characters that you can get behind and care about. If you like scary thrillers then this is for you
S Tier. One of my favorites of all time. Unforgettable story. Truly horrifying premise. Loved the authors way to give the reader more information through future newspaper/magazine articles and interviews. Character development throughout was very interesting.
2.5
This book was disturbing. It was gory and went into A LOT of detail with the events that occurred throughout – way more detail than what I would’ve needed, like I actually took breaks from reading because of it. I would not classify this as horror or scary because the only emotion I felt while reading was disgusted The plot was …
Are you looking for something to both disgust and scare the pants off you? Well look no further than The Troop by Nick Cutter (AKA Craig Davidson). This book was totally wild, and I can see why so many people love it. I listened to the audiobook and followed along in my physical copy and I highly recommend it as the way to go. The book has some …
Too adolescent with descriptions. Felt like setting in the middle of a bunch of boys trying to out gross each other.
Possibly the most twisted, frightening thing I’ve ever read. I should specify that I like to cuddle up with my significant other and enjoy a good horror movie…and that my adolescence involved frequent trips to the comic book store to pick up the latest volume of the Walking Dead. I also played Amnesia, the Dark Descent with my brother.
In terms …
Cutter’s prose is as rich as chocolate cake. Each detail of this book is lovingly described with analogies that fit like…well, like a glove, except his are much better than that. The dread the book inspires definitely falls more in the uncomfortably squeamish category, but there’s nothing wrong with that (unless you’re one of those tiresome …
Definitely some interesting characters in the book. But the ending lackluster in my opinion. Overall a good book though.
Harkons back to gross-out horror of the 80s. A great situation to put characters in, though sometimes relies to heavily on the grossness.
I appreciate where this tale went, with its Lord of the Flies-esque plot where, when confronted with this sort of situation, what level would you rise-or sink-to? Those who buckle and turn on each other vs …
Nick Cutter is one scary author. You want the shakes, try The Troop.
He can scare anyone.
The only thing I didn’t like was the animal abuse. Story itself is disturbing.