Wanderers
"In a satanic bargain, Melmoth has sold his soul in exchange for immortality and now preys on the helpless in their darkest moments, offering to ease their suffering if they will take his place and release him from his tortured wanderings. His story is pieced together by those who have glimpsed his eerie existence over the centuries--from a prisoner in the clutches of the Spanish Inquisition to a man incarcerated in a London lunatic asylum."--
Where Wanderers keeps showing up
One of our editors' lists features this novel.
What you might want to know about Wanderers
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
When seventeen-year-old Shana's younger sister Nessie walks out of their Pennsylvania farmhouse one morning and will not stop, Shana follows beside her on foot. Other sleepwalkers join the line across Indiana and the Plains, while CDC researcher Benji Ray works a new prion disease called White Mask.
Yes. Chuck Wendig's 2019 novel features a mysterious illness that drives a sleepwalking pilgrimage. It became eerily relevant during 2020 and 2021.
Yes. The sequel, Wayward, was published in 2022.
Wanderers was written by Charles Robert Maturin, published in 1820 by Nauka.
Wanderers is 416 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Wanderers takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
Wanderers is a standalone novel by Charles Robert Maturin, not part of a series.
Wanderers is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
