#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY USA TODAY AND THE
DAILY PLANET The highly anticipated new standalone full-color graphic novel from Bryan Lee
O'Malley author and artist of the hugely bestselling Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series
Katie's got it pretty good. She's a talented young chef she runs a successful restaurant and
she has big plans to open an even better one. Then all at once progress on the new location
bogs down her charming ex-boyfriend pops up her fling with another chef goes sour and her
best waitress gets badly hurt. And just like that Katie's life goes from pretty good to not so
much. What she needs is a second chance. Everybody deserves one after all-but they don't come
easy. Luckily for Katie a mysterious girl appears in the middle of the night with simple
instructions for a do-it-yourself do-over: 1. Write your mistake 2. Ingest one mushroom 3.
Go to sleep 4. Wake anew And just like that all the bad stuff never happened and Katie is
given another chance to get things right. She's also got a dresser drawer full of magical
mushrooms-and an irresistible urge to make her life not just good but perfect. Too bad it's
against the rules. But Katie doesn't care about the rules-and she's about to discover the
unintended consequences of the best intentions. From the mind and pen behind the acclaimed
Scott Pilgrim series comes a madcap new tale of existential angst everyday obstacles young
love and ancient spirits that's sharp-witted and tenderhearted whimsical and wise. Praise
for Seconds "The cartoonist best known for the Scott Pilgrim series delivers one of the
most enjoyable reads I've had all year with this magical graphic novel. I dare you to not read
it all in one sitting."-Whitney Matheson USA Today "Seconds arrives with high expectations
and it meets them all delivering the style and humor of [Bryan Lee] O'Malley's past works with
greater emphasis on mood detail and complex character relationships."-The A.V. Club "Richly
imagined and vibrantly drawn Seconds is a funny surprising and enchanting read."-Publishers
Weekly "In Seconds Bryan Lee O'Malley plays the angst of youth against the fabric of a larger
epic. In doing so he enriches both. A great ride!"-Guillermo del Toro "Bryan Lee O'Malley's
Seconds is adorable haunting funny and beautiful. A perfect recipe for a great graphic
novel."-Scott McCloud author of Understanding Comics
