Publisher's Synopsis
The year is 2192. Much of the world that was once known, is now left in declining decay of hopelessness, hostility, and resentment. Callous wars over power and superiority have ravaged and divided colonies, while people struggle for an explanation as to why. For thirty-two-year-old Gretan Hutchen, one particular war is about to meet him head-on.
Born into sickness and left abandoned to perish, Gretan fights for his life to survive and becomes adopted into a grieving family who has suffered traumatic losses-much as the world has. Enduring a difficult life riddled with tragedy and unexpected outcomes, Gretan later discovers, through his grandmother, that he was born with an uncanny ability that is not known to many others-the ability to discern and communicate with the Sleepless dead.
Harnessing his newfound ability, Gretan comes across a young Sleepless lady that piques his interest. The more he encounters her, the more he begins to realize that something preternatural, yet intriguing, is at play. After much time, research, mysterious experiences, and secrets from the past, he discovers that this world is nothing as he once imagined it. Ignoble forces, known as the Ancients, are lurking about with a diabolical agenda-kidnap the Sleepless dead and force them into their ranks. Their number one target-Gretan's latest obsession, the Sleepless lady.
Fully determined, Gretan knows deep down inside, failure is not an option for him-for he is ready to protect, fight, and sacrifice for what is right in this world.
