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The novel opens with an outbreak of relentless insomnia that has consumed everyone Biggs knows, turning the world into a collapsing, sleep-deprived wasteland. His wife, Carolyn, succumbs to the relentless disease, marked by red-rimmed eyes, slurred speech, and a cloudy mind before she disappears. While others have lost the ability to rest, Biggs remembers how to sleep and dream, a rare gift that distinguishes him in this bleak society. Driven by the hope of finding his beloved, he sets out on a perilous journey across the deteriorating landscape, confronting the nightmare of a society undone by sleeplessness.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Dystopian & Apocalyptic Fiction/Dystopian Fiction
Authors: Kenneth Calhoun
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