title: The Wanderer
author:  Timothy J. Jarvis 
description: I say this is my favorite novel of 2014, and it's a statement I stand by. Jarvis has chops, and <i>The Wanderer</i> is an epic sized tale of weirdness and horror that no one should miss.It's terrifying, mind-bending, beautiful and unforgettable.<br />-Justin Steele, <i>Arkham Digest</i><i></i><br /><br />A lost writer, an old manuscript, a sinister puppet show, a timeslipinto the far future, and a bitter understanding of what lies behind thefaade of the world. It's a brave writer who could take those ancientrituals of the dark fantastic and make them work in a fervid new form.But that is the achievement of <i>The Wanderer</i> by Timothy J. Jarvis, an astonishing debut novel deeply infused with the traditions of supernatural and metaphysical fiction.<br />-Mark Valentine, <i>Wormwoodiana</i><i></i><br /><br />This is an extraordinarily accomplished first novel, and readers of weird fiction have much cause for celebration at the prospect of asecond. In a corner of the literary world where 'actual literature' isall too rare, Timothy Jarvis' 'The Wanderer' is the real thing.<br />-Tom Breen, <i>Muzzleland Press</i><i></i><br /><br />This is an intelligent, ludic work, beautifully articulate and poetic,with respectful yet impish reverence given to the best writers ofstrange stories over the last few decades. It's also surprisingly anddelightfully grim in all the right ways.<br />-Brian Lavelle, <i>No Time is Passing</i><i></i><br /><br />One of the best novels I've read for a long time: original,disturbing and witty. I'm certain it will repay rereading as well, asthe significance of certain earlier sections only becomes clear lateron. I thought it outstanding.<br />- James Everington,<i> Scattershot Writing</i><i></i>
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  # The Wanderer
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## J.L. Jarvis
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### [Bookbinder Press](http://bookbinder-press.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0002.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About The Wanderer](part0003.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The Awakening](part0004.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The Escape](part0005.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Safe Journey](part0006.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Rules of the Road](part0007.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The Crossroads](part0008.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Coming Home](part0009.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Solitude](part0010.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The Fall](part0011.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The Shifting Wind](part0012.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The Toll](part0013_split_000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [For Duty](part0014_split_000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  12.
  
  
  [The Long Night](part0015_split_000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The Fortress](part0016_split_000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The Drummer](part0017_split_000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The View from the Ramparts](part0018_split_000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [The Admission](part