{"product_id":"9781940456720","title":"Sleep Over: An Oral History of the Apocalypse","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of the oral history genre phenomenon \u003cem\u003eWorld War Z\u003c\/em\u003e, an inventive new spin on the apocalypse featuring a worldwide plague of insomnia.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Remember what it’s like to go an entire night without sleep? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What if sleep didn’t come the following night? Or the night after? What might happen if you, your friends, your family, your coworkers, and the strangers you pass on the street, all slowly began to realize that rest might not ever come again? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How slowly might the world fall apart? How long would it take for a society without sleep to descend into chaos? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSleep Over\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of waking nightmares, a scrapbook collection of haunting and poignant stories from those trapped in a world where the pillars of society are crumbling, and madness is slowly descending on a planet without rest. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Online vigilantism transforms social media into a blame game with deadly consequences. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A freelance journalist grapples with the ethics of turning in footage of mass suicide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Scientists turn to horrifying experiments as they grow more desperate in their race for a cure. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSleep Over\u003c\/i\u003e, these stories are just the beginning. Before the Longest Day, the world record was eleven days without sleep. It turns out many of us will be forced to go much longer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.","brand":"Talos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167966150896,"sku":"9781940456720","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940456720_p0.jpg?v=1763668740","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940456720","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}