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Journalist Jamie Vega is Sleepless: he can’t sleep, nor does he need to. When his boss dies on the eve of a controversial corporate takeover, Jamie doesn’t buy the too-convenient explanation of suicide, and launches an investigation of his own.

But everything goes awry when Jamie discovers that he was…

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1 author picked The Sleepless as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This near-future cyberpunk murder mystery scratched a fictional itch I didn’t know I needed to scratch.

The mystery at the heart of this story is so compelling that I was listening to the audio on 2x speed by the end because I just couldn’t consume the story fast enough. The story also offers a cutting and insightful critique of our society and the ways in which our economy often forces us to sacrifice our health for the sake of productivity.

If you want a science fiction read with a fascinating premise and a burn-the-midnight-oil mystery, check this one out!

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