{"title":"Books by Justin McElroy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781250793799","title":"The Adventure Zone 5","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on the trailblazing podcast where the McElroy brothers and their dad play a tabletop RPG, and illustrated by cartooning powerhouse Carey Pietsch, \u003ci\u003eThe Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling new chapter in this #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling series. If you love the D\u0026amp;D flavor of \u003ci\u003eCritical Role\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDimension 20,\u003c\/i\u003e you’ll definitely wanna hop on board with on this time-bending installment where the stakes are higher than ever!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bureau of Balance has located yet another Grand Relic, and this time it’s...time? A small mining town called Refuge has been locked away behind an arcane bubble, and somewhere inside it the Temporal Chalice is causing unknown mayhem. Taako, Magnus, and Merle are launched into their investigation, but they’ve barely had a chance to get their feet under them before the situation literally falls apart. When the town clocktower strikes noon, Refuge and its citizens are destroyed in a sudden chaos of flame and ruin, and our heroes’ relic hunting? along with their lives?comes to an abrupt end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut woah, what’s this? It’s 11AM, they’re alive again, and Refuge definitely hasn’t just been exploded? Looks like a classic time loop, friends. This town is trapped in its final hour, and so are the three of them. And in order to escape, they’ll not only have to solve the mystery of what happened to the Chalice, they’ll also also have to resist what it offers: the chance to rewrite the worst days of their own pasts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Adventure Zone series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Topping the New York Times bestseller list and building out its stories in fascinating new ways . . . it’s become a cultural phenomenon.\" —Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Full of charm and snark and wit. Join the party!\" —Felicia Day, author of Embrace Your Inner Weird\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Adventure Zone is fun, hilarious, and also smart. Hey, guys, can I have a cameo next time?” —Adam Savage, MythBusters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“My excitement about this existing cannot be dwarfed by anything. 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All these ghosts are spooky enough, but it’s downright frightening how great of a read this D\u0026amp;D-inspired adventure is, with tabletop antics that fans of \u003ci\u003eDimension 20\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCritical Role\u003c\/i\u003e will adore!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA desperate call for help interrupts holiday celebrations at the Bureau of Balance, and sends Taako, Magnus and Merle on a high-stakes mission to find and Reclaim a fourth deadly relic: a powerful transmutation stone, hidden somewhere in the depths of a floating arcane laboratory that’s home to the Doctors Maureen and Lucas Miller. An unknown menace has seized control of the stone, and is using it to transform the lab into a virulent pink crystal that spreads to everything it touches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s only a matter of time before this sparkling disaster crash-lands, but in order to find the stone and save the whole planet from being King Midased, our heroes will have to fight their way through a gauntlet of rowdy robots and crystal golems, decide whether they can trust the evasive Lucas Miller, and solve the mystery of what?or who?has put them all in peril, before there’s no world left to save.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Adventure Zone series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Topping the New York Times bestseller list and building out its stories in fascinating new ways . . . it’s become a cultural phenomenon.\" —Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Full of charm and snark and wit. 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Fans of \u003ci\u003eCritical Role\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDimension 20\u003c\/i\u003e will love this installment in\u003ci\u003e The Adventure Zone\u003c\/i\u003e saga, which adapts the trailblazing D\u0026amp;D podcast into a blockbuster series!  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur boys have gone full-time at the Bureau of Balance, and their next assignment is a real thorny one: apprehending The Raven, a master thief who’s tapped into the power of a Grand Relic to ransack the city of Goldcliff. Local life-saver Lieutenant Hurley pulls them out of the woods, only to throw them headlong into the world of battle wagon racing, Goldcliff’s favorite high-stakes low-legality sport and The Raven’s chosen battlefield. Will the boys and Hurley be able to reclaim the Relic and pull The Raven back from the brink, or will they get lost in the weeds?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal \u003c\/i\u003ehas it all: blossoming new friendships, pining for outlaw lovers, and a rollicking race you can root for!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Adventure Zone series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Topping the New York Times bestseller list and building out its stories in fascinating new ways . . . it’s become a cultural phenomenon.\" —Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Full of charm and snark and wit. Join the party!\" —Felicia Day, author of Embrace Your Inner Weird\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Adventure Zone is fun, hilarious, and also smart. Hey, guys, can I have a cameo next time?” —Adam Savage, MythBusters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“My excitement about this existing cannot be dwarfed by anything. 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