{"product_id":"early-riser-9780143111276","title":"Early Riser","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - A \"hilarious\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e), \"blindingly inventive,\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"wonderfully weird dystopian thriller\" (\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e) from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e and the Thursday Next series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A cause for celebration . . . Fforde writes witty, chewy sentences, full of morsels, and delivers them deadpan. . . . [His] relentless imagination and his affection for his characters are contagious and irresistible.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery Winter, the human population hibernates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, devoid of human activity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWell, not \u003ci\u003equite\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYour name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the Winter consuls, the group responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses. You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams, which you dismiss as nothing more than an artefact born of the sleeping mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen you get the dreams too, it's weird. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut teasing truth from Winter is never easy: You have to avoid the Villains and their penchant for murder, kidnapping, and stamp collecting; ensure you aren't eaten by Nightwalkers; and sidestep the increasingly less-than-mythical Wintervolk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJasper Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e gave up his career in the fim industry when his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Eyre Affair \u003c\/i\u003edebuted on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list in 2002. He is the author of the Thursday Next series, the Nursery Crimes series, and \u003ci\u003eShades of Grey\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives and works in Wales.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567531561234,"sku":"9780143111276","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f0cd8076-98b5-494a-96b7-c6e744e91b74.jpg?v=1731922925","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/early-riser-9780143111276","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}