A Series Of Unfortunate Events 12 The Penultimate Peril Book The Twelfth

Dear Reader,

If you've stumbled upon this book while seeking your next literary adventure, I must urge you to set it aside as your first act. Regrettably, this particular volume serves as the penultimate chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans' lives, offering a surplus of misery, despair, and unwelcome circumstances.

It's likely that the last thing you wish to read about is a harpoon gun, a peculiar rooftop sunbathing salon, cryptic initials, enigmatic triplets, a notorious villain, and an unsavory curry. Matters that fall next-to-last should be the foremost to avoid. Thus, I implore you to prioritize placing this next-to-last book aside as your primary task. Seek instead another next-to-last book from a different chronicle or a collection housing alternate next-to-last subjects. This way, this next-to-last book will not become your final literary encounter.

With utmost regard,

Lemony Snicket