Books like The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
In a secluded California college town, freshman Sophie falls into an unbreakable sleep, sparking a chain of mysterious dormitory deaths and an escalating epidemic of prolonged slumber. As classmates, professors and city officials grapple with an unprecedented quarantine, the community faces shortages, fear, and the unsettling discovery of undisclosed pregnancies in sleeping patients. A Los Angeles psychiatrist arrives to uncover the cause, noting that those infected exhibit heightened brain activity and vivid, inexplicable dreams. Amid social upheaval, friendships and rivalries surface, challenging the townβs fragile normalcy and revealing the depths of human resilience.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Dystopian & Apocalyptic Fiction/Dystopian Fiction
Authors: Karen Thompson Walker
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