{"product_id":"a-conventional-boy-a-laundry-files-novel-hardcover","title":"A Conventional Boy: A Laundry Files Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Stross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this new Laundry Files adventure the fate of the world will literally depend on the roll of dice... twenty-sided dice, that is.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1984, Derek Reilly was just another spotty teenage dungeon master growing up in middle England. But then a secret government agency tasked with suppressing magical intrusions received a tip-off - and one midnight raid later, his life was turned upside down by the Satanic D\u0026amp;D Panic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades later Derek, now middle-aged and institutionalized, is a long-term inmate at Camp Sunshine, a center for deprogramming captured Elder God cultists. He's considered safe enough to edit the camp newsletter, and he even has postal privileges - which he uses to run a play-by-mail game. After 25 years, Derek finally has reason to escape: a nearby D\u0026amp;D convention. While Derek's D\u0026amp;D games were full of fictional elder gods and world-ending threats, a LARP game at the con \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e a dread ritual designed to summon a great evil into our world, and it's up to Derek and his players to stop them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fate of the world may depend on the contents of Derek's magic dice bag.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Stross is the author of the bestselling Merchant Princes series, the Laundry Files series, and several stand-alone novels including \u003ci\u003eGlasshouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAccelerando\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSaturn's Children\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won three Hugo Awards, including one for the Laundry Files novella \"Equoid,\" published on Tor.com. Born and raised in Leeds, England, he lives with his spouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a flat that is slightly older than the state of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53550450442547,"sku":"9781250357847","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/a-conventional-boy-a-laundry-files-novel-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}