dangling a Stephen Hunter novel in front of us!
may you be trapped in a small, closed room with Alf the Wonder Beagle after the beast has eaten a whole can of pork and beans
OK maybe that last bit was over the top - my brother out law once snuck Henry Lord High Beagle of the Couch a can of pork and beans and we almost had to call in a HazMat team.
but calling out the book a month before it's available - there ought to be a law