The Edge of Sleep, Jake Emanuel
The Edge of Sleep, Jake Emanuel
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The Edge of Sleep
A Novel

Author: Jake Emanuel, Willie Block, Jason Gurley

Narrator: Franz Drameh

Unabridged: 9 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/20/2023


Synopsis

"Franz Drameh's deeply involving performance embodies these characters and their rapidly deteriorating world."- AudioFile

The Edge of Sleep audiobook is read by Franz Drameh, who plays Matteo Leon in the upcoming TV series of the same name.

What if the whole world fell asleep...and didn’t wake up again?

Dave Torres, a night watchman in a placid coastal town, knows all about sleep troubles. Since childhood, he’s battled terrors and nightmares. Sometimes those battles leak into his waking life, with disastrous consequences for those he loves. Now Dave lives alone and self-medicates to neutralize his dreams. It’s not much of a life, he knows.

The morning after Independence Day, Santa Mira, California, is so quiet Dave can hear the ocean from miles away. Traffic signals blink from red to green over empty intersections. Storefronts remain locked up tight. Every radio station whispers static.

And all over town, there are bodies, lying right where their owners left them. Dead right where they slept.

Dave—along with his ex-girlfriend, Katie, his best friend, Matteo, and Linda, a nurse he’s just met—struggle to unravel the mystery before sleep overtakes them all.

Except the answer to the mystery might lie in the one place that frightens Dave most: His twisted, unnerving dreams. Now Dave and his friends must straddle the liminal boundary between life and death as they fight to save everyone they’ve ever loved—and to keep their eyes open.

Because if any of them falls asleep now, it will be the last thing they ever do.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

About Jake Emanuel

Willie Block and Jake Emanuel grew up in the forests of New England where they spent their childhoods avoiding Lyme disease. They met and started writing together at Emerson College in Boston. In 2019, Block and Emanuel wrote and directed the podcast, The Edge of Sleep. Since then, they adapted The Edge Of Sleep as a live-action TV Series, created the horror anthology podcast Bad Vibes, and wrote and co-produced the murder-mystery comedy, Reunion. They both enjoy scaring and making people laugh.

About Willie Block

Willie Block and Jake Emanuel grew up in the forests of New England where they spent their childhoods avoiding Lyme disease. They met and started writing together at Emerson College in Boston. In 2019, Block and Emanuel wrote and directed the podcast, The Edge of Sleep. Since then, they adapted The Edge Of Sleep as a live-action TV Series, created the horror anthology podcast Bad Vibes, and wrote and co-produced the murder-mystery comedy, Reunion. They both enjoy scaring and making people laugh.

About Jason Gurley

Jason Gurley is the author of Eleanor and other adult novels. His short fiction has appeared in Lightspeed Magazine and the anthologies Loosed Upon the World and Help Fund My Robot Army. Jason lives and writes in Scappoose, Oregon.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on August 28, 2024

Here’s what I can say with some certainty. Something is happening. Case in point: WZPE’s AM news show usually ends at 8am. Not today. They’ve basically got the phone lines wide open, and people are calling in by the hundreds. The last caller just sobbed, “They’re dead, they’re dead, they’re dead,......more

Goodreads review by Terrie on July 28, 2023

The Edge of Sleep by Jake Emanuel and Willie Block is a Blend of Dystopian and Speculative Fiction! The day after Independence Day, Night Watchman David Torres wakes in the quiet coastal town of Santa Mira, CA to find bodies lying everywhere. Bodies of people who fell asleep and died right where they......more

Goodreads review by Erin on May 28, 2023

Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free, electronic ARC of this novel received in exchange for an honest review. Expected publication date: June 20, 2023 Fans of “The Stand” will definitely enjoy “The Edge of Sleep” by Jake Emanuel, Willie Block and Jason Gurley. Dave Torres i......more

Goodreads review by AndiReads on March 05, 2023

Based on an awesome podcast from Qcode (check it out, check them out, fantastic production) this novel poses the question - What if everyone who went to sleep never woke up? Dave is a night watchman with a terrible sleep disease. It's fairly easy for him to not fall asleep as sleep has evaded him his......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on May 20, 2023

ARC audiobook provided in exchange for an honest review. The narration of this book was fantastic! I honestly couldn’t believe it was all read by the same person! The voices and characters were all completely different and really helped bring the story to life! I would definitely recommend this book......more


Quotes

"A fresh take on the apocalyptic genre...die-hard fans of the podcast are sure to be pleased." - Publishers Weekly