{"product_id":"conventional-boy","title":"Conventional Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Conventional Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, the fate of the world will depend on a roll of the dice... twenty-sided dice, that is.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1984, Derek Reilly was just another teenage nerd growing up in middle England. But his love of D\u0026amp;D caused him to fall afoul of the Laundry, a government agency tasked with suppressing supernatural threats. It turns out that sometimes ninth level wizard spells drawn on the back of your maths textbook can look suspiciously like \u003ci\u003eactual\u003c\/i\u003e magic...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Decades later, Derek is a long-term inmate at Camp Sunshine, a centre for deprogramming captured cultists. But Derek finally has reason to escape, and an escape plan to out into action: he wants to attend his first gaming convention. While Derek's D\u0026amp;D games were fictional, a game at the con really \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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The fate of the world may depend on the contents of Derek's dice bag.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Laundry Files series follows an agency of British spies who deal with supernatural threats; they also have to deal with chronic underfunding, government ministers, rival agencies and worst of all, each other. Think \u003ci\u003eSlow Horses\u003c\/i\u003e crossed with the monsters from \u003ci\u003eStranger Things,\u003c\/i\u003e this series is funny, nerdy, and a cult classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ***Publishing ahead of the final Laundry Files novel (\u003ci\u003eThe Regicide Report\u003c\/i\u003e), this new collection includes the never before published Laundry Files novel \u003ci\u003eA Conventional Boy\u003c\/i\u003e - inspired by the 1980s Satanic Panic - and two other short stories in this joyous celebration of all things Laundry Files.***\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this collection:\u003cbr\u003e *A CONVENTIONAL BOY (53.3k words)\u003cbr\u003e *DOWN ON THE FARM (12.7k words)\u003cbr\u003e *OVERTIME (8.7k words)\u003cbr\u003e also includes exclusive afterword from Charles Stross\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Conventional Boy","offer_id":45499798323397,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-356-52465-8.jpg?v=1765753909","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/conventional-boy","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}