Shelf Life - The Book of Better Endings

Young bookseller Cathy Finn is having a bad day. First, there's the assassin's bullet. Then comes the realisation that she's been living in a work of fiction. Worse, she wasn't even the main character.

Cathy's quiet, bit-part life may be over, but her troubles are only beginning. Her last day on Earth is also her first as a citizen of New Tybet. For over four hundred years, its people have been rescuing those destined to die in other narratives, but now the system is faltering. A saboteur is at work and Cathy will have to stop him if she's ever going to find a way home. Failure could maroon her forever and spark a revolution that sets all the worlds of literature ablaze.

About the author

Rob Gregson spent much of his youth reading fantasy novels, immersing himself in role playing games and generally doing everything possible to avoid the real world. In his defence, we're talking about the late 1980s - a time when ridiculous hair, hateful pop music and soaring unemployment were all very popular - so it wasn't altogether a bad decision. However, had he abandoned the realms of wizardry at an earlier age, he might have developed one or two useful life skills and he would almost certainly have found it easier to get a girlfriend. Rob lives in Lancashire and has two children, although he has absolutely no idea why anyone should find that interesting.

Product details

• Authors: Rob Gregson, Rob Gregson
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2019
• EAN: 9781987976557
• ISBN: 978-1-987976-55-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Fantasy / Humorous, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Mashups, FICTION / Science Fiction / Humorous, Humorous fiction, Comic (humorous) fantasy, Fiction: mashup