Sleepless (by Charlie Huston)

SLEEPLESS by Charlie Huston(unabridged) is presented by Blackstone Audio and comes with what is perhaps the best audiobook app available (see FEATURES, below).

“A writer as skilled as Huston can make an apocalyptic story terrifyingly plausible.” (Kirkus Reviews)

A deadly epidemic of sleeplessness has swept the globe. There is only one known drug that offers relief, but the supply is low and the demand impossibly high. L.A. cop Parker T. Haas, whose own wife is ill, is working undercover in the black-market trade of the drug, desperate to learn what he can about the illness.

Self-contained, this audiobook app is perfect for your commute, on a trip, or while relaxing. Based on a library-quality recording, this app was built especially for your iPhone and iPod Touch. No unreadable text, no endless scrolling on a tiny screen. The audio is of higher-than-normal quality, making for a great listening experience that will not tire your ears or grate on your nerves.

NOTICE: This app includes the exact same 5-star recording offered elsewhere at much higher prices. It was professionally recorded by Blackstone Audio’s narrators, Audie®-winner Ray Porter and Audie®-nominee Mark Bramhall. You are not buying yet another amateur or volunteer narration. No clicks, background noises, throat clearing, mispronunciations, tinny voices or monotones will be found here.

“Hustons impressive, challenging thriller…will gain him a whole new readership.” (Publishers Weekly)

•EXPERIENCE. About 13.5 hours of narration. Created as a Folium enhancedAudio™ edition, this book includes extra functions and features not found on lesser players.

•PLAYER CONTROLS. Includes listen (play), pause, multi-speed fast forward/reverse, jump ahead/back, chapter skip, volume control, one-touch chapter- and bookmark browser. There is also a “scrub” bar that finds any point inside the chapter with just a tap.

•SLEEP TIMER. Have you ever fallen asleep watching TV or listening to a book? If so, youll love this feature. Once set, the book will stop, place a bookmark, and allow you to jump back to where you probably began dozing.

•CLEAR & ELEGANT DESIGN. Simple, clean, intuitive, and smarter than average.

•CHAPTER TIMINGS. Always know how much time it will take to finish a chapter. Plus, the progress bar at the top of the screen shows how far into the book you’ve come.

•OFFLINE LISTENING. You are airplane-ready! Once downloaded, listen uninterrupted without threat from a lost network connection. Downloads are usually just 5-10 minutes, but depend upon your network speed.

•AUTO-BOOKMARKING. The player remembers where you stopped listening and returns to that exact spot when you open the book again.

•TELL-A-FRIEND. An easy way to recommend the book to your friends or Twitter feed.

•FEEDBACK. Share your ideas for books, functions, and features. We are very responsive to our listeners and appreciate all feedback and ideas.


RATING: Best suited for adults who enjoy being gripped by the thrilling scenes of a grim yet almost plausible future.

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Every day, more and more people have been found to have contracted the illness – they simply cannot sleep until finally, one enters into the last few months before death, known as the suffering. In Los Angeles, a straight arrow cop named Parker T. Haas is posing as a drug dealer, working undercover to prevent the black market trade of a drug known as Dreamer, a drug known to be the only thing that offers relief to people who are sleepless. His wife, Rose, has been sleepless for months, and they havent yet found the courage to find out if their infant daughter is also sick. With Rose unwell and behaving erratically, Parks long hours are weighing on him, but he feels like hes on the cusp of learning something crucial. He feels like hes a few steps away from making the world a better place. So he presses on.