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Awakened

By: Laura Elliott
Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
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Science has stolen sleep and awakened a world of horror.

“I’ve been an insomniac all of my life, but I’m not Sleepless and I won’t become Sleepless, just as long as the chips that were put into their heads never get put into mine. There’s little chance of that, since I won’t put the machinery into my brain and neither will Edgar and neither will the Professor, and we’re the only three left who could. I don’t want to be Sleepless…”

Civilisation has ended. In a bid to make us more productive, to give us more time, science took sleep from humanity. But sleeplessness turned people into feral monsters, and now a small group of scientists are trapped in the Tower of London, consumed by guilt at what they have done and desperately searching for a cure. And then one day, as the last ravens circle, two miraculous survivors walk into the Tower.

Are they the answer or a terrible question?

©2025 Laura Elliott (P)2025 W.F. Howes Ltd.
Dystopian Genetic Engineering Horror Science Fiction
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The narration was expressive, fluent and had me feeling like I was fully immersed in the story.
Very chilling, I couldn’t see where it was going but the end was shocking.

Gripping dystopian horror/thriller

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Last 100 pages were a bit meh.
good concept. Just didn't do it for me

Good concept. Just fell a bit flat for me.

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Tried to be too many things at once - Sci Fi dystopian, Horror, Gothic romance, essay on medical neglect - and failed to do any of them justice. Such a shame, as there were some good themes in there.

Promising premise, terrible execution

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