'Fagan is shaping up to be one of the most dazzling and daring stylists around' Guardian, Books of the Year 2025

Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026

At the close of the eighteenth century, Angel Kelly, an Irishman, sets sail from Liverpool aboard the Atlas with the intention of creating a Utopian commune in Brazil. But when a mutiny takes place on the ship, he finds himself stranded upon the coast of an unnamed Spanish colony in Latin America. In the aftermath, Kelly becomes unwittingly caught up in a series of crises culminating in displacement, rebellion and a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between empires.

Set in an era of global upheaval, Eden's Shore is an epic and intricate tale of greed, revenge and love. Populated by a vivid and rich cast of revolutionaries and pirates, capitalists and aristocrats, sailors and soldiers, slaves and spies, this is a work of staggering ambition and wondrous imagination.

'Visceral, propulsive, kinetic' Colin Walsh, author of Kala

'Wild, dark and free-wheeling ' Ferdia Lennon, author of Glorious Exploits

"Fagan is shaping up to be one of the most dazzling and daring stylists around" - Guardian, Book of the Year

"Unexpectedly hilarious and very beautiful . . . Eden's Shore often felt like a sort of maritime Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy's portentous masterpiece of the American west - and it will no doubt divide readers along similar lines. But I'd be hard pressed to think of higher praise" - Guardian

"Exuberant, often darkly funny prose propels readers through a historical novel like few others" - Sunday Times

"While savagery abounds, moments of wonder act as reprieve in this ambitious text " - Irish Times

"A tremendous romp of a tale" - FT

"Rich and beautifully told " - TLS

"A tale of greed, revenge and love from one of Ireland's best young writers" - Gentleman’s Journal

"His writing is colourful but pacey, and Eden's Shore flies along at a fierce clip, leaving a lasting impression and a sense of excitement at where Fagan will turn his sights next" - Buzz Magazine