December After-Hours Book Club: The Troop
Details
HBB's December book club meeting will discuss The Troop by Nick Cutter!
Come early to hang out and socialize or meet us at 6:15pm to talk about the book. We'll be at the table in the back of the store.
About the book:
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. The boys are a tight-knit crew. There’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. For the most part, they all get along and are happy to be there – which makes Scoutmaster Tim’s job a little easier. But for some reason, he can’t shake the feeling that something strange is in the air this year. Something wicked . . .
It comes to them in the night. An unexpected intruder, stumbling upon their campsite like a wild animal. 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. Within his body is a bioengineered nightmare, a horror that spreads faster than fear. One by one, the boys will do things no person could ever imagine.
And so it begins. An agonizing weekend in the wilderness. A harrowing struggle for survival. No possible escape from the elements, the infected . . . or one another.
About the Bookstore:
Book club attendees get 10% of their purchase the day of the event!
Bathroom: All gender, but small and not normally available to the public because it's in the back office. The owner is making exceptions for people who are at the store for events. The sink is outside the bathroom.
Accessibility: There are no stairs. The bookstore aisles are wide enough for a wheelchair. The bathroom is not, however, and might not be accessible for other disabled people. It's very small and it's in the back office.
Covid: Masks optional. There will be an air purifier.
Parking: Unpaid parking is a bit of a walk, but there's paid street parking nearby and a cheap paid lot on the same block. Attendees are encouraged to use public trans.
Drinks are welcome, but please no food unless medically needed.
Buy the book through HBB's bookshop.org page: https://bookshop.org/shop/hauntedburrowbooks
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Listen to the book here through HBB's Libro.FM page:
https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781442369580-the-troop
(Please set your supported store to HBB!)
Or pick up a copy at Haunted Burrow Books!
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17571466-the-troop?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=fY8XXhA5Zv&rank=1