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While Others Sleep - cover

While Others Sleep

Billy Joe Watkins

Publisher: Next Chapter

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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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