{"product_id":"early-riser-by-jasper-fforde-9781444763607","title":"Early Riser","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Fforde pours his brilliant imagination into every corner of this world' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Fforde keeps the puns and neologisms coming thick and fast while exploring every facet of his novel's intriguing premise' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery Winter, the human population hibernates.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eDuring those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, and devoid of human activity.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWell, not \u003ci\u003equite.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eYour name is Charlie Worthing and it's your first season with the \u003cb\u003eWinter Consuls\u003c\/b\u003e, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of \u003cb\u003ethe sleeping masses.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eYou are investigating \u003cb\u003ean outbreak of viral dreams\u003c\/b\u003e which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact borne of the sleeping mind.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eWhen the dreams start to kill people, \u003cb\u003eit's unsettling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eWhen you get the dreams too, \u003cb\u003eit's weird.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eWhen they start to come true, \u003cb\u003eyou begin to doubt your sanity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eBut teasing truth from Winter is never easy: You have to \u003cb\u003eavoid the Villains and their penchant for murder,\u003c\/b\u003e kidnapping and stamp collecting, ensure you aren't eaten by Nightwalkers whose thirst for human flesh can only be satisfied by comfort food, and sidestep \u003cb\u003ethe increasingly less-than-mythical WinterVolk.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Jasper Fforde:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e'Forget all the rules of time, space and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e'True literary comic genius' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e'Ingenious' Terry Pratchett\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46418437472492,"sku":"9781444763607","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10631493482702.jpg?v=1746483916","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/early-riser-by-jasper-fforde-9781444763607","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}