The Troop

Nick Cutter

Feb 2014 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Corey Brill

About this audiobook

The acclaimed national bestseller that is “old-school horror at its best” (Stephen King) follows a scout troop as it is unexpectedly caught up in an isolating and utterly terrifying fight for their lives.

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 horror that spreads faster than fear. A harrowing struggle for survival with no escape from the elements, the infected…or one another.

Ratings and reviews

very few books have ever made my skin actually crawl and my stomach clinch. this book did just that and more. well written, engaging characters and horrifying story it is Lord of the Flys meets The Stand. this book has it all. a new favorite in my library.

A new all time favorite. amazing characters, very uncomfortable scenes, body horror in full detail, there's too much to be said. it's a great survival horror book

Great book, I liked the small twist regarding one of the scouts. There were two parts that were hard for me to get though but that's what makes this good horror.

About the author

Nick Cutter is the author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller The Troop (which is currently being developed for film with producer James Wan), The Deep, Little Heaven, and The Handyman Method, cowritten with Andrew F. Sullivan. Nick Cutter is the pseudonym for Craig Davidson, whose much-lauded literary fiction includes Rust and Bone, The Saturday Night Ghost Club, and, most recently, the short story collection Cascade. His story “Medium Tough” was selected by author Jennifer Egan for The Best American Short Stories 2014. He lives in Toronto, Canada.