Fellside - by M R Carey (Paperback)

About the Book

Confronting the possibility that she might be forced to spend the rest of her life in a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, Jess Moulson discovers that the prison is haunted by the ghost of a little boy who imparts a chilling message.

Book Synopsis

In the aftermath of a devastating fire, a prisoner is offered one chance at redemption in this haunting supernatural suspense from the author of USA Today bestseller, The Girl With All the Gifts.

Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors. It's not the kind of place you'd want to end up. But it's where Jess Moulson could be spending the rest of her life.

It's a place where even the walls whisper.

And one voice belongs to a little boy with a message for Jess.

Will she listen?

Lose yourself in Fellside, M. R. Carey's chillingly atmospheric tale of addiction, revenge, and redemption.

Review Quotes

"Fellside is much more than 'just' a ghost story. It has elements of The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, and Orange Is the New Black, wrapped up in a supernatural mystery that will keep you turning pages late into the night."--Readings on Fellside

"...a brilliant work of science fiction, but even people who never read science fiction should absolutely read this one."--io9.com on The Girl With All the Gifts

"Fellside builds to a climax that's both satisfyingly worked out and shockingly emotionally intense."--RT Book Reviews on Fellside

"Fellside is as brilliant as it is dark and devious. M.R. Carey is either deranged or brilliant--or both. Hopefully, both."
--Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot &Ruin and Kill Switch on Fellside

"[A] grand piece of storytelling."--Sunday Express on Fellside

"A dark, intriguing read."--Martina Cole, author of Get Even on Fellside

"A fantastic, twist-upon-twist, shape-shifting novel. Gripping, deeply affecting and arrestingly beautiful, it is a haunting tale of raw horror and extraordinary redemption. I adored every page."--Miranda Dickinson, Sunday Times bestselling author on Fellside

"A great read that takes hold of you and doesn't let go."--John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN on Girl With All the Gifts

"A twisty crime thriller as well as an exotic ghost story, Carey's second novel is as hard to categorize as it is to put down."--Barnes and Noble on Fellside

"An instant favorite."--Boing Boing on The Girl With All the Gifts

"An intense, haunting thriller with heart. You will not want to put this down."--Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke & Bone on Fellside

"Combines a fast-paced plot with a supernatural storyline that's very believable. Gripping stuff."--Good Housekeeping on Fellside

"Dark [and] suspenseful."--Booklist on Fellside

"Heartfelt, remorseless and painfully human...as fresh as it is terrifying. A jewel."--Joss Whedon on Girl With All the Gifts

"I read Fellside in a couple of days . . . I was absolutely nuts about it."--Book Riot on Fellside

"If you only read one novel this year, make sure it's this one, it's amazing."--Martina Cole on Girl With All the Gifts

"One of the more imaginative and ingenious additions to the dystopian canon."--Kirkus on The Girl With All the Gifts

"Original, thrilling and powerful."--The Guardian on The Girl With All the Gifts

"Taut, tense, and unusual."--Publishers Weekly on Fellside

"The author of The Girl With All The Gifts delivers another gripping story."
--The Columbus Dispatch on Fellside

"The next fantastic novel from M. R. Carey."--io9.com on Fellside

"This eerie tale is sure to hook crime fiction and horror lovers."--Library Journal on Fellside

"This is a sometimes uncomfortable book in the best ways, and its climax is satisfyingly brutal, ghostly and surprising."--This is Horror on Fellside

"Unique and terrifying."--Booklist on The Girl With All the Gifts

About the Author

M. R. Carey has been making up stories for most of his life. His novel The Girl With All the Gifts was a USA Today bestseller and is a major motion picture based on his BAFTA-nominated screenplay. Under the name Mike Carey he has written for both DC and Marvel, including critically acclaimed runs on X-Men and Fantastic Four, Marvel's flagship superhero titles. His creator-owned books regularly appear in the New York Times bestseller list. He also has several previous novels, two radio plays, and a number of TV and movie screenplays to his credit.