The Wilding

A rewilding experiment brings back something much older - and much much wilder - than anyone could ever imagine. Can Lisa Donnan, rookie ranger at the Lough Carrow Wilding Project, save her sleep-out group of 13-year-olds from a savagery older than history ?

A sharp thriller [. . .] with strong characterisation, a deep sense of place and real wit

Vividly written, this is [the] perfect scary fare

A tense, mysterious, spooky as hell story of survival in a haunted wood . . . has the power to raise literal goosebumps

Superior, scary folk horror that draws on our relationship with the land. Excellent stuff

THE WILDING is an ideal bit of science fiction-infused horror for an autumn night

While monsters do what monsters do, you'll be sucked down, held and left spluttering for breath. Brilliant stuff

Ian McDonald was born in Manchester in 1960. His family moved to Northern Ireland in 1965. He now lives in Belfast and works in TV production. The author of many previous novels, including the groundbreaking Chaga books set in Africa, Ian McDonald has long been at the cutting edge of SF. RIVER OF GODS won the BSFA award in 2005, BRASYL won in it in 2007 and THE DERVISH HOUSE in 2010.