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Your next favorite book
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by Peadar O'Guilin
You have three minutes to save your life ...
THREE MINUTES
You wake up alone in a horrible land. A horn sounds. The Call has begun.
TWO MINUTES
The Sidhe are close. They're the most beautiful and terrible people you've ever seen. And they've seen you.
ONE MINUTE
Nessa will be Called soon. No one thinks she has any chance to survive. But she's determined to prove them wrong.
TIME'S UP
Could you survive the Call?
A genre-changing blend of fantasy, horror, and folkore, The Call won't ever leave your mind from the moment you choose to answer it.
"Starred Review. This is a bleak, gripping story, one where only the most muted of happy endings is possible." - Publishers Weekly
"Recalls such predecessors as The Hunger Games or Divergent ... Though the plot is not terrifically original, readers will root for the book's disabled protagonist to survive." - Kirkus
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Peadar O'Guilin grew up in beautiful Donegal in the far northwest of Ireland. These days, he lives in Dublin, where he toils day and night for a giant corporation.
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