The Outlander: Novel

Gil Adamson’s debut novel is a remarkable first novel, beautifully written and full of verve, with all the panache of a great adventure, according to Michael Ondaatje. In 1903, a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, staying one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. Mary Boulton, at the age of 19, has recently become a widow - and a murderer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race towards the mountains, she is tormented by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brother’s death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wilderness - and into the wilds of her own mind - encountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics along the way. With the stunning prose and captivating mood of great works like Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain or early Cormac McCarthy, Gil Adamson’s intoxicating debut novel is the brilliant and gripping tale of one woman’s desperate escape.

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