{"product_id":"2940169153873","title":"Early Riser: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new standalone novel from bestselling author Jasper Fforde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery Winter, the human population hibernates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, devoid of human activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWell, not \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003equite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact borne of the sleeping mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you get the dreams too, it's weird.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut teasing truth from the 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099712307440,"sku":"2940169153873","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169153873_p0.jpg?v=1763763697","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169153873","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}