Kenneth Calhoun

Extraordinary... Horribly, terribly compelling

A gripping read... This is a book that will get you thinking – and thanking your lucky stars for a good night's sleep... I loved it

Calhoun’s prose is razor sharp, concise yet hauntingly descriptive... I wouldn’t be surprised if Black Moon turns out to be the best debut novel of 2014

Calhoun vividly depicts the societal collapse that results when people are no longer able to differentiate dreaming from reality... Skilled and polished

One of those perfectly simple concepts which can be summed up in a sentence. Great fun

Black Moon is the kind of book I envy as a writer, and seek out as a reader -- a novel of ideas wrapped in an gripping, expertly constructed story, full of feeling and intelligence. Kenneth Calhoun has his own distinctive voice, a voice I hope (and expect) to be hearing more from in years to come

Charles Yu, author of Sorry Please Thank You

Calhoun’s epidemic, this new and improved insomnia, sinks us into a world where ‘sleepers’ are the target of violent rage. Here we see the erosion of the everyday ruses that allow us to soldier on, the ugly truths we run from gaining ground. Black Moon is a powerful, beautiful debut.

John Brandon, author of Citrus County and A Million Heavens

Imagine a world without sleep. A world driven to the brink of exhaustion. A waking nightmare. 
 
The world has stopped sleeping. 
 
Restless nights have grown into days of panic, delirium and, eventually, desperation. But few and far between, sleepers can still be found – a gift they quickly learn to hide. 
 
Matt Biggs is one of the sleepers. 
 
After six restless days and nights, Biggs wakes to find his wife gone. He stumbles out of the house in search of her to find a world awash with pandemonium. Sleep, it seems, is now the rarest and most precious commodity and there are those who would kill to have it…

Kenneth Calhoun

Praise for Black Moon

Extraordinary... Horribly, terribly compelling

Heartstopping

Gripping... Terrifying yet terrific

Extraordinary... Horribly, terribly compelling

Heartstopping

Gripping... Terrifying yet terrific

Extraordinary... Horribly, terribly compelling

Heartstopping

Gripping... Terrifying yet terrific

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