Black Mirror meets Superstore in this laugh-till-you-cry YA novel about Jasper, a seventeen-year-old check-out clerk who lost his family, his memory, and maybe the love of his life when demons erupted out of the hell portal that opened up in the discount mart where he works. Now it's up to Jasper to stop the apocalypse that's coming on Black Friday—from rising star debut author Ian X. Cho.
This Black Friday will be the darkest yet.
Even though the world is filled with portals to hell and bloodthirsty demons pop out of them on the reg, Jasper spends his days and nights working as a check-out clerk at the Here For You discount mart. Sure, there's even a hell portal in aisle nine, which means he could be maimed, dismembered, or even eaten whole during every shift, but at least at the mart he can be near his crush, Kyle Kuan. That she doesn't seem to even notice that he exists seems about right to Jasper, because Jasper can't remember anything that happened to him before his accident five months ago, either.
But when Jasper and Kyle learn they both share a frightening vision of the impending apocalypse, they realize that they have at least this common: They have to save the world. Because ready or not, on Black Friday, all hell will break loose, starting in aisle nine.
Perfect for fans of Grasshopper Jungle or The Last of Us comes Aisle Nine, the debut young adult novel from rising star Ian X. Cho.