{"product_id":"a-conventional-boy-a-laundry-files-novel-hardcover","title":"A Conventional Boy: A Laundry Files Novel - Hardcover","description":"\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 \u003ci\u003eEquoid\u003c\/i\u003e, published on \u003ci\u003eReactor\u003c\/i\u003e (formerly \u003ci\u003eTor.com\u003c\/i\u003e). 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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733636878399,"sku":"9781250357847","price":34.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7e33af7cd97037105f1d9b6ae53d609d.webp?v=1765136761","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-conventional-boy-a-laundry-files-novel-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}