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Title details for The Sleepless by Victor Manibo - Available

The Sleepless

by Victor Manibo
Joel de la Fuente
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A mysterious pandemic causes a quarter of the world to permanently lose the ability to sleep—without any apparent health implications. The outbreak creates a new class of people who are both feared and ostracized, most of whom optimize their extra hours to earn more money.
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 the last person who saw Simon alive. Not only do the police suspect him, Jamie himself has no memory of that night. Alarmingly, his memory loss may have to do with how he
became Sleepless: not naturally, like other Sleepless people, but through a risky and illegal biohacking process.
As Jamie delves deeper into Simon's final days, he tangles with extremist organizations and powerful corporate interests, all while confronting past traumas and unforeseen consequences of his medical experimentation. But Jamie soon
faces the most dangerous decision of all as he uncovers a terrifying truth about Sleeplessness that imperils him—and all of humanity.

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  • Release date

    August 23, 2022

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781705053867
      • File size: 371411 KB
      • Duration: 12:53:46

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 18, 2022
      Manibo’s slow, thoughtful debut presents a stark view of society in the 2040s through the eyes of New York journalist Jamie Vega, who’s determined to prove that his boss and mentor, Simon, was murdered. When Jamie discovers Simon dead at his desk with a bottle of wine and an empty tube of contraband drugs, he immediately suspects foul play. As Jamie investigates which of Simon’s enemies may be responsible, Manibo draws readers into an eerily realistic near future where visors have superseded smart phones, maglev trains allow for fast travel across the U.S., and roughly a quarter of the world’s population suffer from hyperinsomnia—a condition that prevents sleep. As one of the Sleepless, Jamie devotes his extra hours to pursuing leads and exposes a startling fact: he was the last person to see Simon alive, an encounter he has no memory of. Though Jamie’s lead suspect, a disreputable man eager to buy Simon’s media company and fold it into his megacorporation, appears clichéd at first, Manibo gradually reveals a frightening depth to these aspirations as Jamie draws closer to unravelling both the cause of his amnesia and the person responsible for Simon’s death. Manibo neatly dissects the drawbacks of capitalist demands on society in this taut near-future procedural. It’s smart, high-tech noir. Agent: Eddie Schneider, JABberwocky

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Joel de la Fuente nails the confusion that lurks at the heart of this chilling audiobook. Its setting is a world in which a quarter of the population loses the ability to sleep without any health consequences. Most cash in by working multiple jobs during their 24 hours of wakefulness. One of these fortunate Sleepless is journalist Jamie Vega, who uses some of his time to investigate the suspicious suicide of his boss. But Jamie discovers an unknown side effect of the sleeplessness, and de la Fuente captures the frightening chaos that ensues. Also, he smoothly inhabits all the diverse characters Jamie encounters during his investigation. De la Fuente's deft touch powers the thrill ride that this production becomes. D.E.M. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Manibo's genre-bending debut is a wild ride. In a near future, a mysterious pandemic sweeps the world, leaving a quarter of the population incapable of sleeping; these unfortunate people are deemed Sleepless. When Jamie Vega, a Filipino American journalist and one of the Sleepless, finds his boss dead of an apparent suicide, he begins his own investigation, intent on proving it was murder. Things take a turn when he realizes he is the last person to have seen him alive, but gaps in his memory make his search increasingly dangerous. With explorations of technology, power, corporate greed, disease, and gender, this book provides a complex look at an intriguing near future. Filipino American narrator Joel de la Fuente brings out the tension in this gripping story. De la Fuente's depiction of Jamie descending from his safe life as a journalist into an out-of-control world is chillingly believable. VERDICT Science fiction, social commentary, and mystery collide in this story, perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and Sarah Gailey. Manibo is an author to watch, and his debut is a must-add for all collections.--Elyssa Everling

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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