While Others Sleep

Billy Joe Watkins

Summary

Tom Parsons’ days are interrupted by an unsettling and peculiar stoppage of time. He dubs these terrifying events The Sleep and when they occur, he is left in a state of complete limbo, with nothing active but his eyes and mind.
 
At first, he questions his own sanity. But when a sound cuts through the stillness, he realizes something else is out there.
 
Watching. Waiting.
 
Detective Kate Strathmore is hunting for a missing woman, and all signs point to Tom. But a chance encounter with a homeless man - who speaks of true evil lurking in the frozen moments between time - gives her pause.
 
As Tom, Kate, and the old man confront the darkness hiding inside these moments, they find themselves in a fight for their lives... Because while others are asleep in the stillness, something else is wide awake.

Available since: 02/17/2025.

Print length: 198 pages.

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