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Early Riser
- The standalone novel from the Number One bestselling author
- Narrated by: Thomas Hunt
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
Jasper Fforde's first stand-alone novel - full of the imagination, wit and intelligence that has made Fforde a number one best seller.
Every Winter, the human population hibernates.
During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness and 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 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 be satisfied only 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.
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- miss laura daniels
- 09-05-19
Fan of Jasper Ford
I think this was a great addition to Jasper’s writings. As with most of his books, the storyline is unusual and complex (in a good way), great if you want to escape the real world. I look forward to his next book.
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- D.
- 28-09-18
Take your brain on a holiday- why not go to Wales
Take your brain on a holiday- why not go to Wales, realy enjoyed this book.
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- Paul
- 30-08-18
Brilliant
A delight to have Jasper Fforde back and this is was worth the wait. My first experience of Fforde as an audiobook but this was wonderfully performed with great voice acting. Would definitely recommend.
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- Roobarb
- 01-09-18
intriguing and odd, perfect!
An intriguing, enthralling book and, as you'd expect from Jasper Fforde, it's quirky and odd.
The winters are harsh so people hibernate but don't dream, except for those who stay awake and those who dream.
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- E. A. Mackie
- 15-09-19
Great listen
Like all his books,a great story at the heart of it. Well done JF keep up the good work k.
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- Eleni Tsiakaliari
- 01-09-21
Incredible
This book certainly made an impression on me. Clever, mysterious, dreamy, wintery and well-written know equal measure, it's definitely a highly enjoyable story.
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- Bryn Norton
- 03-11-18
And Jasper Fforde is back
I just do not know how he is does it - the creatively is fantastic and addictive
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- P. Clementson
- 16-08-22
Early Riser
What a wonderful imagination and beautifully read story. I am looking forward to the next one.
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- Sue Gill
- 28-01-19
Brilliant, amusing and though inducing
A other fantastic story from Fford. Set in a Welsh soverinty that experiences ice age like winters with residents who hibernate.
Who stays up to look after them? What happens to those who dream?
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-10-19
very entertaining story
very entertaining story well read and funny too ... definitely worth a listen i suggest
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