An instant New York Times bestseller
The latest standalone novel from Jasper Fforde, the bestselling author the Thursday Next series and the forthcoming standalone The Constant Rabbit
Every Winter, the human population hibernates.
During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, devoid of human activity.
Well, not quite.
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.
You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact born of the sleeping mind.
When the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling.
When you get the dreams too, it's weird.
When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity.
But 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.
But so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.
Genre: Science Fiction
The latest standalone novel from Jasper Fforde, the bestselling author the Thursday Next series and the forthcoming standalone The Constant Rabbit
Every Winter, the human population hibernates.
During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, devoid of human activity.
Well, not quite.
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.
You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact born of the sleeping mind.
When the dreams start to kill people, it's unsettling.
When you get the dreams too, it's weird.
When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity.
But 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.
But so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you'll be fine.
Genre: Science Fiction
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April 2019 : USA Library Binding
February 2019 : USA Hardback
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January 2017 : UK Hardback
Title: Early Riser (Cemetery Girl)
Author(s): Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 1-4447-6358-X / 978-1-4447-6358-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Paperback Editions
February 2020 : UK Paperback
July 2019 : UK Paperback
July 2019 : UK Paperback
January 2016 : UK Paperback
Audio Editions
February 2019 : USA Audio edition
February 2019 : Canada Audio edition
August 2018 : Australia Audio CD
Title: Early Riser
Author(s): Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 1-4890-1923-5 / 978-1-4890-1923-3 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda audio
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August 2018 : Australia Audio CD
Title: Early Riser
Author(s): Jasper Fforde
ISBN: 1-4890-1924-3 / 978-1-4890-1924-0 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda audio
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August 2018 : USA Audio edition
Title: Early Riser: The standalone novel from the Number One bestselling author
Author(s): Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Availability: Amazon
August 2018 : Australia Audio edition
Title: Early Riser: The standalone novel from the Number One bestselling author
Author(s): Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Availability: Amazon AU
August 2018 : UK Audio edition
Title: Early Riser: The standalone novel from the Number One bestselling author
Author(s): Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Availability: Amazon UK
Kindle Editions
February 2019 : USA, Canada Kindle edition
August 2018 : Australia, UK Kindle edition