Ireland has been cut off from the rest of the world by the Sidhe, who themselves are trapped in a hellish Fairyland. All teenagers are taken and hunted. Some survive, most do not. This is the world of The Call.

An absolutely blistering book, from the horror of the set-up to the pragmatic response to the plight of the teenagers training for the Call, to the battle for survival when each one is Called, to the happy demented sadism of the Sidhe to the bloody and nerve-shredding climax. The pace never lets up, the book hunts you down through its pages just like the Sidhe hunt their unfortunate prey, pursuing you through twist and turn and reversal, praying for someone to survive. It's a read.

Our protagonist is Nessa, least likely to survive because of her disability, and the most driven, utterly determined to come out alive. But with tensions rising in the Survival College and the possibility of enemies within, she might not be alive long enough to be Called. She's a feisty, passionate and ferocious, and she surely doesn't stand a chance.

The Call is hands-nailed-to-the-ages good. Violent, grim and nightmarish, it moves like a freight train and never lets up, an utterly unremitting fantasy horror thriller.