{"product_id":"early-riser","title":"Early Riser","description":"THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fforde pours his brilliant imagination into every corner of this world'' Daily Mail\u003cbr\u003e''Fforde keeps the puns and neologisms coming thick and fast while exploring every facet of his novel''s intriguing premise'' Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery Winter, the human population hibernates. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, and devoid of human activity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Well, not quite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Your name is Charlie Worthing and it''s your first season with the Winter Consuls, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact borne of the sleeping mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When the dreams start to kill people, it''s unsettling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When you get the dreams too, it''s weird. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But 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 whose thirst for human flesh can only be satisfied by comfort food, and sidestep the increasingly less-than-mythical WinterVolk. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you''ll be fine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Jasper Fforde:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Forget all the rules of time, space and reality; just sit back and enjoy the adventure'' Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''True literary comic genius'' Sunday Express\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Ingenious'' Terry Pratchett","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57123668623695,"sku":"9781444763607","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781444763607_1-early-riser.jpg?v=1772137670","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/early-riser","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}