A review by scotto
Sleepless by Charlie Huston

4.0

a dark book with an unexpectedly moving ending - in the near future, 10% of the population are afflicted with fatal insomnia that claim its victims over the course of up to a year of increasingly dreamlike delusion. as society collapses, a drug called "Dreamer" emerges that can offer temporary soothing to the afflicted, but no cure presents itself. the story follows an undercover cop in LA attempting to penetrate a black market "Dreamer" distribution ring, unknowingly pursued by a calculating assassin with a secret agenda. grindingly dystopian, yes, but the characters are exceedingly well-drawn and the resolution is both satisfying and poetic.