Aisle Nine

It's Black Friday - and the apocalypse is on sale!

Ever since the world filled with portals to hell and bloodthirsty demons started popping out regularly, Jasper's life has only grown worse. A teenage nobody with no friends or family, he is haunted by the life he can't remember and the person he is certain he is meant to be.

Jasper spends his days working as a checkout clerk at the Here for You discount mart, where a hell portal in aisle nine means danger lurks with every shift. At least here, he can be near the girl he's infatuated with - Kyle Kuan, a junior member of the monster-fighting Vanguard - who seems to harbour some animosity towards Jasper for unknown reasons.

However, when Jasper and Kyle discover they both share a terrible vision of the impending apocalypse, they are compelled to team up and uncover the unsettling truth about the hell portals and the demons that plague the world. Because the true monsters are not always what they appear, the past is not always as we wish, and like it or not, on Black Friday, all hell will break loose beginning in aisle nine.

Perfect for fans of Grasshopper Jungle or The Last of Us comes Aisle Nine, the debut young adult novel from rising YA star Ian X. Cho.