Dylan has escaped a horrific train crash unscathed.
Except she hasn't.
The bleak landscape around her isn't Scotland. It's a wasteland haunted by wraiths searching for human souls.
And the stranger waiting for her isn't an ordinary boy. Tristan is a Ferryman, tasked with transporting her soul safely to the afterlife, a journey he's made a thousand times before.
Except this time, something's different.
Torn between love and destiny, Dylan realises she can't let Tristan go, nor can she stay with him. Eventually, inevitably, the wraiths would capture her soul and she would be lost forever.
Can true love overcome the boundaries of death?
Ferryman is a thought-provoking and truly original story of a love that refuses to be limited by death. This stunning, award-winning debut novel is being reissued to coincide with the publication of the eagerly-anticipated sequel, Trespassers.
Selected praise for FERRYMAN:
"Touching, often funny and sometimes harrowing... [McFall has] imagined The 39 Steps crossed with The Lord of the Rings... Tristan must disappear from Dylan's death-life once he has delivered her across the Styx-like black lake, but Dylan decides to tear up the rulebook with turbulent results." Guardian
"Powerful, slightly tranquil, delicate and almost needs its own genre to describe it. [FERRYMAN] is a novel that flows well and is one that I am certain will stick with me for many years to come." Goodreads
And from Amazon readers:
“Stunning and original”
“A nuanced coming of age story in a unique setting”
“Incredible and delicate”
“Haunting and awe-inspiring”
Except she hasn't.
The bleak landscape around her isn't Scotland. It's a wasteland haunted by wraiths searching for human souls.
And the stranger waiting for her isn't an ordinary boy. Tristan is a Ferryman, tasked with transporting her soul safely to the afterlife, a journey he's made a thousand times before.
Except this time, something's different.
Torn between love and destiny, Dylan realises she can't let Tristan go, nor can she stay with him. Eventually, inevitably, the wraiths would capture her soul and she would be lost forever.
Can true love overcome the boundaries of death?
Ferryman is a thought-provoking and truly original story of a love that refuses to be limited by death. This stunning, award-winning debut novel is being reissued to coincide with the publication of the eagerly-anticipated sequel, Trespassers.
Selected praise for FERRYMAN:
"Touching, often funny and sometimes harrowing... [McFall has] imagined The 39 Steps crossed with The Lord of the Rings... Tristan must disappear from Dylan's death-life once he has delivered her across the Styx-like black lake, but Dylan decides to tear up the rulebook with turbulent results." Guardian
"Powerful, slightly tranquil, delicate and almost needs its own genre to describe it. [FERRYMAN] is a novel that flows well and is one that I am certain will stick with me for many years to come." Goodreads
And from Amazon readers:
“Stunning and original”
“A nuanced coming of age story in a unique setting”
“Incredible and delicate”
“Haunting and awe-inspiring”