Awakened by Laura Elliott

Awakened

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Laura Elliott

Watkins Media · Ebook · June 10, 2025

From debut author Laura Elliot comes a tense horror novel emboldened by the surreal, perfect for fans of 28 Days Later and The Quiet Place.

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Genres
Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Horror, Dystopian
Published
Watkins Media, June 10, 2025

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About this book

From debut author Laura Elliot comes a tense horror novel emboldened by the surreal, perfect for fans of 28 Days Later and The Quiet Place. 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.

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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?

Uncanny Pressure

Come here for

  • edge-of-the-unknown mix
  • genre-blending tension

Expect

  • apocalyptic pressure
  • speculative unease

Where it sits

Dystopian85%
Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic73%
Horror68%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Horror
  • Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi
  • Dystopian
Authors
Laura Elliott
Publisher
Watkins Media
Published
June 10, 2025
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Horror