{"product_id":"2940150608184","title":"Dead for Sleep Apocalypse","description":"A science fiction dystopian apocalyptic medical romance thriller.\u003cbr\u003eAn abandoned experimental cancer treatment begins being used illegally as a recreational drug due to its power to suppress the need for sleep and its enhancement of mental state. Despite the danger of long term usage causing death from heart overuse 2-beta-somatein sweeps across society and changes the world into a dystopian totalitarian state. The few who cannot or refuse to take the drug (Rejectors and Sleepers) become an oppressed minority who cannot easily accommodate to the standard 120 hour work week.\u003cbr\u003eHow would your own life, society, and commerce change if most people did not need sleep, but you did? The business world gradually demands having employees who can and will work 120 hours per week. In this story, the 'normal' people are the zombies, considered pariahs by 'enhanced' members of society.\u003cbr\u003eThe novel follows the course of the drug's dispersion through society, from development in Houston's medical center to world-wide prevalence. The story lines track researcher, cancer patients, psychologist, chiropractor, Hollywood, and a Moonie-like cult. The personal relationships are strung through with romance and manipulation, hunt-down and attempted containment by organized crime.","brand":"RJW Seddon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162058604784,"sku":"2940150608184","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150608184_p0.jpg?v=1763750464","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150608184","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}