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b>b>An instant /b>b>New York Times/b>b> bestseller/b>br>br>b>The latest standalone novel from Jasper Fforde, the bestselling author the Thursday Next series and the forthcoming standalone /b>b>The Constant Rabbit/b>/b>br>br>b>Every Winter, the human population hibernates./b>br>br>During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, devoid of human activity.br>br>b>Well, not /b>b>quite/b>b>./b>br>br>Your name is Charlie Worthing and it''s your first season with the b>Winter Consuls/b>, the committed but mildly unhinged group of misfits who are responsible for ensuring the hibernatory safe passage of the sleeping masses.br>br>You are investigating an outbreak of viral dreams which you dismiss as nonsense; nothing more than a quirky artefact born of the sleeping mind.br>br>When the dreams start to kill people, it''s unsettling.br>br>When you get the dreams too, it''s weird.br>br>When they start to come true, you begin to doubt your sanity.br>br>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.br>br>But so long as you remember to wrap up warmly, you''ll be fine.
