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In a near-future world where a mysterious source provides humanity with limitless energy and everyone is seamlessly interconnected to infinite data, Cradle is drawn by an extraordinary intuition for patterns to something strange in The Flow. Something odd. A disturbance.

But as the sleeping disease Drowse tightens its grip over the Earth’s population, the truth is beyond Cradle’s wildest imaginings and he must follow his instincts to their terrifying conclusion. Energy, love and balance. Only he can find the way.

There has only ever been one question. How much must be lost before everything becomes possible?

Drowse is Derek Langley’s first novel. It’s a David and Goliath sci-fi thriller telling the story of one man’s shocking discovery about the Earth’s energy source and the resulting conflict with the vast international conglomerate that controls it.

If you like your technothriller recipes with a slightly cleaner-cut cyberpunk than William Gibson’s “Neuromancer”, sprinkled with flavours from Forster’s “The Machine Stops”, spices from “The Gods Themselves” by Asimov and gentle aromas from Spike Jonze‘s “Her”, then Drowse is for you.

Drowse is available to purchase through Amazon and for review on Goodreads.

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