SuitabookInsomnia and danger
Alfie's inability to sleep worsens at Scarbrook House, while sleep is presented as protection from the creatures.
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Tom Becker - Author
A dark, suspenseful supernatural story centred on sleeplessness, a Victorian sanatorium and frightening creatures.
Alfie Mandeville suffers insomnia and is sent to Scarbrook House, a sanatorium for wealthy children. Troubled by the eerie atmosphere and skittish patients, Alfie's condition gets worse, not better. As he lies awake one night, Alfie is haunted by visions of a strange creature moving through the darkness at the edge of the patients' beds. The creatures are hunting a demon escaped from the depths of Hell - and that the only protection against them is to be asleep. Suddenly, insomnia becomes the most dangerous condition of all.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA dark, suspenseful supernatural story centred on sleeplessness, a Victorian sanatorium and frightening creatures.
Alfie's inability to sleep worsens at Scarbrook House, while sleep is presented as protection from the creatures.
Alfie is sent to a sanatorium and becomes unsure whether disturbing events are real or whether he is insane.
Consider whether the reader enjoys stories involving insomnia, institutional settings, supernatural creatures and disturbing night-time pursuit.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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