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The Sleep Experiment Hardcover – Aug. 27 2019

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From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Jeremy Bates comes the second STAND-ALONE book in the all-new WORLD'S SCARIEST LEGENDS series. For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Creepypastas.

In 1954, at the start of the Cold War, the Soviet military offered four political prisoners their freedom if they participated in an experiment requiring them to remain awake for fourteen days while under the influence of a powerful stimulant gas. The prisoners ultimately reverted to murder, self-mutilation, and madness.

None survived.

In 2018, Dr. Roy Wallis, an esteemed psychology professor at UC Berkeley, is attempting to recreate the same experiment during the summer break in a soon-to-be demolished building on campus. He and two student assistants share an eight-hour rotational schedule to observe their young Australian test subjects around the clock.

What begins innocently enough, however, morphs into a nightmare beyond description that no one could have imagined—with, perhaps, the exception of Dr. Roy Wallis himself.

Praise for Jeremy Bates:

"Old-school horror story reminiscent of Stephen King " ★★★★★

"Best book I've read to date" ★★★★★

"Perfect for Laymon fans!" ★★★★★

"Definitely recommend to all fans of modern horror" ★★★★★

"A master storyteller!" ★★★★★

"I sort of fell into Jeremy Bates by accident, and I'm so glad I did. He's one of my new favorite writers, and I urge everyone to check him out" ★★★★★

"The most chilling book I’ve ever read!" ★★★★★

"Absolutely loved this book" ★★★★★

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"Any Stephen King or Dean Koontz fan will love it" ★★★★★

"I was hooked from the first page!" ★★★★★

"Binge worthy!" ★★★★★

"This is one of the best books I have ever read!" ★★★★★

"A very juicy, scary ride" ★★★★★

" Suicide Forest is up there with Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box " ★★★★★

"Scariest book I've ever read" ★★★★★

"Huge fan of Mr Bates! You won't be disap-pointed" ★★★★★

"Edge-of-my-seat experience! I felt I was indeed living the horror" ★★★★★

"Page-turner with a twist! I was hanging on to every word!" ★★★★★

"One of the greatest suspense-filled books I have ever read" ★★★★★

"If you enjoy Richard Laymon , you'll love reading Jeremy Bates" ★★★★★

"A true edge-of-your-seat thriller...I couldn't put it down!" ★★★★★

"Startlingly Spooky!" ★★★★★

"A non-stop page-turner!" ★★★★★

"Early Stephen King , Robert McCammon , Jeremy Bates is a must read!" ★★★★★

"As usual Jeremy Bates has done it again... Give him a try, you'll not regret it" ★★★★★

Although in a series, this is a STAND-ALONE novel. For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Richard Laymon, Bentley Little, as well as other horror and mystery authors such as Dan Simmons, Jack Ketchum, Robert McCammon, Brian Keene, Darcy Coates, Amy Cross, Jeff Strand, Ambrose Ibsen, Jeremy Robinson, Nick Cut-ter, Blake Crouch, Joe Hill, Iain Rob Wright, Jeff Menapace, Matt Shaw, Heather Graham, Jack Kilborn, James Herbert. We hope you enjoy!

• Book 2 of 6 World's Scariest Legends
• Print length 255 pages
• Language English
• Publication date Aug. 27 2019
• Dimensions 15.24 x 2.11 x 22.86 cm
• ISBN-10 198809142X
• ISBN-13 978-1988091426
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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ghillinnein Books (Aug. 27 2019)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 255 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 198809142X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1988091426
• Item weight ‏ : ‎ 531 g
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 2.11 x 22.86 cm
• #54,977 in Suspense (Books)
• #56,118 in Horror Fiction (Books)

About the author

Jeremy bates.

USA TODAY and #1 AMAZON bestselling author Jeremy Bates has published more than twenty novels and novellas. They have sold over one million copies, been translated into several languages, and been optioned for film and TV by major studios. Midwest Book Review compares his work to “Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and other masters of the art.” He is a KDP Select All Star recipient and has won an Australian Shadows Award and a Canadian Arthur Ellis Award. He was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers. His latest novel, THE NO-END HOUSE, is a standalone horror novel of escape room terror in which a pair of volunteers unwittingly bargain for their lives across nine mysterious rooms in an ill-reputed house in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. It will be released by Kensington Publishing in 2025/26. Visit Jeremy's website to receive BLACK CANYON, winner of The Lou Allin Memorial Award.

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The Sleep Experiment (World's Scariest Legends, Band 2) Hardcover – 27 Aug. 2019

From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Jeremy Bates comes the second STAND-ALONE book in the all-new WORLD'S SCARIEST LEGENDS series. For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Creepypastas.

In 1954, at the start of the Cold War, the Soviet military offered four political prisoners their freedom if they participated in an experiment requiring them to remain awake for fourteen days while under the influence of a powerful stimulant gas. The prisoners ultimately reverted to murder, self-mutilation, and madness.

None survived.

In 2018, Dr. Roy Wallis, an esteemed psychology professor at UC Berkeley, is attempting to recreate the same experiment during the summer break in a soon-to-be demolished building on campus. He and two student assistants share an eight-hour rotational schedule to observe their young Australian test subjects around the clock.

What begins innocently enough, however, morphs into a nightmare beyond description that no one could have imagined—with, perhaps, the exception of Dr. Roy Wallis himself.

Praise for Jeremy Bates:

"Old-school horror story reminiscent of Stephen King " ★★★★★

"Best book I've read to date" ★★★★★

"Perfect for Laymon fans!" ★★★★★

"Definitely recommend to all fans of modern horror" ★★★★★

"A master storyteller!" ★★★★★

"I sort of fell into Jeremy Bates by accident, and I'm so glad I did. He's one of my new favorite writers, and I urge everyone to check him out" ★★★★★

"The most chilling book I’ve ever read!" ★★★★★

"Absolutely loved this book" ★★★★★

"Non-stop adrenaline rush from beginning to end" ★★★★★

"Any Stephen King or Dean Koontz fan will love it" ★★★★★

"I was hooked from the first page!" ★★★★★

"Binge worthy!" ★★★★★

"This is one of the best books I have ever read!" ★★★★★

"A very juicy, scary ride" ★★★★★

" Suicide Forest is up there with Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box " ★★★★★

"Scariest book I've ever read" ★★★★★

"Huge fan of Mr Bates! You won't be disap-pointed" ★★★★★

"Edge-of-my-seat experience! I felt I was indeed living the horror" ★★★★★

"Page-turner with a twist! I was hanging on to every word!" ★★★★★

"One of the greatest suspense-filled books I have ever read" ★★★★★

"If you enjoy Richard Laymon , you'll love reading Jeremy Bates" ★★★★★

"A true edge-of-your-seat thriller...I couldn't put it down!" ★★★★★

"Startlingly Spooky!" ★★★★★

"A non-stop page-turner!" ★★★★★

"Early Stephen King , Robert McCammon , Jeremy Bates is a must read!" ★★★★★

"As usual Jeremy Bates has done it again... Give him a try, you'll not regret it" ★★★★★

Although in a series, this is a STAND-ALONE novel. For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Richard Laymon, Bentley Little, as well as other horror and mystery authors such as Dan Simmons, Jack Ketchum, Robert McCammon, Brian Keene, Darcy Coates, Amy Cross, Jeff Strand, Ambrose Ibsen, Jeremy Robinson, Nick Cut-ter, Blake Crouch, Joe Hill, Iain Rob Wright, Jeff Menapace, Matt Shaw, Heather Graham, Jack Kilborn, James Herbert. We hope you enjoy!

• Book 2 of 6 World's Scariest Legends
• Print length 255 pages
• Language English
• Publication date 27 Aug. 2019
• Dimensions 15.24 x 2.11 x 22.86 cm
• ISBN-10 198809142X
• ISBN-13 978-1988091426
• See all details

Product details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ghillinnein Books (27 Aug. 2019)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 255 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 198809142X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1988091426
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 2.11 x 22.86 cm
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About the author

Jeremy bates.

USA TODAY and #1 AMAZON bestselling author Jeremy Bates has published more than twenty novels and novellas. They have sold over one million copies, been translated into several languages, and been optioned for film and TV by major studios. Midwest Book Review compares his work to “Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and other masters of the art.” He is a KDP Select All Star recipient and has won an Australian Shadows Award and a Canadian Arthur Ellis Award. He was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers. His latest novel, THE NO-END HOUSE, is a standalone horror novel of escape room terror in which a pair of volunteers unwittingly bargain for their lives across nine mysterious rooms in an ill-reputed house in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. It will be released by Kensington Publishing in 2025/26. Visit Jeremy's website to receive BLACK CANYON, winner of The Lou Allin Memorial Award.

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In 2018, Dr. Roy Wallis, an esteemed psychology professor at UC Berkeley, is attempting to recreate the same experiment during the summer break in a soon-to-be demolished building on campus. He and two student assistants share an eight-hour rotational schedule to observe their young Australian test subjects around the clock.

What begins innocently enough, however, morphs into a nightmare beyond description that no one could have imagined - with, perhaps, the exception of Dr. Roy Wallis himself.

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Interesting but no real ‘gotcha’ moments. For me the climax was soft and the ending felt rushed. Enjoyed the narration.

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Interesting

I was instantly interested from the get go, being a history nerd and knowing about this experiment. When the Professor becomes obsessed you start to feel for everyone involved. If you are a curious person and like a dash or gore, this is it.

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I listened for days in a row.

This was such an interesting plot. I swear I spent days listening to it. The reader was very good at keeping me engaged as well!

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Alright book

There was a very slow start to the book. But once it picked up, it was good.

Your live in the sleep lab - realistically amazing

You felt like you were in the sleep lab along side Dr. Wallis. It keeps you hanging on every word. I didn't want to stop listening and reading!.

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I found the premise to be very interesting and there was so much that could have been developed here with the psychological decline of the patients. However it just turned into a macabre gore fest. I stuck it out hoping to have a clever twisty ending but it was entirely predictable. I have it a three because it told its tale. But there was nothing special here. It was not scary just felt like self glorifying gore. I am sorry I listened to be honest. What a waste of a holiday. The narrator was okay, though not a favorite of mine.

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It’s an extremely twisted book! Pretty graphic and not for the faint of heart! Highly recommend!

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gripping horror after the first couple hours

if you liked the Russian sleep experiment this is like that but souped-up x 10 it was actually a really good listen

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Jeremy Bates is a fantastic author.

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From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Jeremy Bates comes the second book in the all-new WORLD'S SCARIEST LEGENDS series.

In 1954, at the start of the Cold War, the Soviet military offered four political prisoners their freedom if they participated in an experiment requiring them to remain awake for fourteen days while under the influence of a powerful stimulant gas. The prisoners ultimately reverted to murder, self-mutilation, and madness. None survived.

In 2018, Dr. Roy Wallis, an esteemed psychology professor at UC Berkeley, is attempting to recreate the same experiment during the summer break in a soon-to-be demolished building on campus. He and two student assistants share an eight-hour rotational schedule to observe their young Australian test subjects around the clock.

What begins innocently enough, however, morphs into a nightmare beyond description that no one could have imagined--with, perhaps, the exception of Dr. Roy Wallis himself.

• Book 2 of 6 World's Scariest Legends
• Print length 256 pages
• Language English
• Publication date 27 August 2019
• Dimensions 15.24 x 1.63 x 22.86 cm
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In 1954, at the start of the Cold War, the Soviet military offered four political prisoners their freedom if they participated in an experiment requiring them to remain awake for fourteen days while under the influence of a powerful stimulant gas. The prisoners ultimately reverted to murder, self-mutilation, and madness. None survived.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Jeremy Bates comes the second STAND-ALONE book in the all-new WORLD'S SCARIEST LEGENDS series. For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Creepypastas.In 1954, at the start of the Cold War, the Soviet military offered four political prisoners their freedom if they participated in an experiment requiring them to remain awake for fourteen days while under the influence of a powerful stimulant gas. The prisoners ultimately reverted to murder, self-mutilation, and madness.None survived.In 2018, Dr. Roy Wallis, an esteemed psychology professor at UC Berkeley, is attempting to recreate the same experiment during the summer break in a soon-to-be demolished building on campus. He and two student assistants share an eight-hour rotational schedule to observe their young Australian test subjects around the clock.What begins innocently enough, however, morphs into a nightmare beyond description that no one could have imagined-with, perhaps, the exception of Dr. Roy Wallis himself.Praise for Jeremy Bates:"Old-school horror story reminiscent of Stephen King" ?????"Best book I've read to date" ?????"Perfect for Laymon fans!" ?????"Definitely recommend to all fans of modern horror" ?????"A master storyteller!" ?????"I sort of fell into Jeremy Bates by accident, and I'm so glad I did. He's one of my new favorite writers, and I urge everyone to check him out" ?????"The most chilling book Ive ever read!" ?????"Absolutely loved this book" ?????"Non-stop adrenaline rush from beginning to end" ?????"Any Stephen King or Dean Koontz fan will love it" ?????"I was hooked from the first page!" ?????"Binge worthy!" ?????"This is one of the best books I have ever read!" ?????"A very juicy, scary ride" ?????"Suicide Forest is up there with Joe Hill's Heart Shaped Box" ?????"Scariest book I've ever read" ?????"Huge fan of Mr Bates! You won't be disap-pointed" ?????"Edge-of-my-seat experience! I felt I was indeed living the horror" ?????"Page-turner with a twist! I was hanging on to every word!" ?????"One of the greatest suspense-filled books I have ever read" ?????"If you enjoy Richard Laymon, you'll love reading Jeremy Bates" ?????"A true edge-of-your-seat thriller.I couldn't put it down!" ?????"Startlingly Spooky!" ?????"A non-stop page-turner!" ?????"Early Stephen King, Robert McCammon, Jeremy Bates is a must read!" ?????"As usual Jeremy Bates has done it again. Give him a try, you'll not regret it" ?????Although in a series, this is a STAND-ALONE novel. For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Richard Laymon, Bentley Little, as well as other horror and mystery authors such as Dan Simmons, Jack Ketchum, Robert McCammon, Brian Keene, Darcy Coates, Amy Cross, Jeff Strand, Ambrose Ibsen, Jeremy Robinson, Nick Cut-ter, Blake Crouch, Joe Hill, Iain Rob Wright, Jeff Menapace, Matt Shaw, Heather Graham, Jack Kilborn, James Herbert. We hope you enjoy!. Seller Inventory # SONG198809142X

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Q&A with Jeremy Bates, Author of THE SLEEP EXPERIMENT

by Scarlett R. Algee | Jan 10, 2020 | Book Reviews , Hellnotes Reviews , Horror Authors / Books , Horror News , Interviews | 0 comments

Pleasant dreams!

RP: THE SLEEP EXPERIMENT is the second book in your World’s Scariest Legends series.  How do you go about researching and selecting titles for this eerie series?

JB: Selecting the ideas for the books in this series is as straightforward as spending a few days searching the internet for a legend that resonates with me. However, this doesn’t mean writing the story is a breeze. Usually the legend is only a few paragraphs long, and I have to turn that into a full-length novel. So while getting the idea is relatively simple, writing and filling out the story is something else entirely.

RP: A Russian legend was the impetus for this novel.  Why did you choose to do a fictionalized retelling set in the present, as opposed to a straight-up novelization of the original events?

JB: Good question! I considered doing a novelization of the original events, but I ended up deciding that having it set in the present, and in sunny California of all places, would bring a refreshing twist to the tale. Also, a recent book I wrote, Mountain of the Dead , had a good chunk set in 1950s Russia—so it was also a bit of been-there done-that, steering me away from delving into Russia again.

RP: Is there any significance to the fact that there were allegedly four test subjects in the Russian experiment, yet just two in your novelization?

JB: No, none at all. I just thought four would be two too many. Given there are three experiment supervisors, two subjects would make a cast of five—and that was plenty enough for a relatively short novel.

RP: Dr. Roy Wallis would seemingly stop at nothing to see his experiment through to the end.  Is this a statement on his dogged determinationm or a depiction of obsession-fueled madness?

JB: He is definitely determined, and a bit mad. But I’d probably say his fatal flaw is his overriding ambition. In my mind, that’s what drove him to do everything he did (and perhaps made him mad in the process).

RP: The World’s Scariest Legends series follows your World’s Scariest Places one.  How did you first come about your obvious love of horror, and what started you off in deciding to share these tales of evil on earth?

JB: Although the first books I read compulsively were sci-fi, I quickly got into Stephen King and Dean Koontz when I was an early teenager (my mom had a lot of Koontz books lying around). These scary/supernatural stories stories simply resonated with me more than cop/detective stuff (the other novels my mom had lying around). There’s something fantastical to horror that just opens up the imagination. Now, I should point out that the first two books I wrote were thrillers ( White Lies and The Taste of Fear ), but that was mostly because thrillers were what agents and publishers were looking for at the time. Horror was always the black sheep. But when I decided to self-publish Suicide Forest (my third book), I finally had the freedom to write what I wanted to write about. I haven’t looked back in that sense.

RP: In your opinion, why do you think prevention of sleep would cause the type of madness this story depicts?

JB: I don’t think I can really go into that much without giving away the plot 🙂

RP: Was there any special significance in both of the sleep experiment test subjects being Australian?

JB: No! I just needed two young people who would be hard up for cash. I thought of backpackers. And because I now live in Australia, I thought—why not a couple of Aussies!

RP: Based on all of your research, is it people, places, or events that are evil?  Or some combination of the three?

JB: A theme in most of my writing is that it’s people who are evil—people are the worst kinds of monsters. I haven’t yet written a story with a haunted house or something along those lines where the place itself is evil. All the locations in the World’s Scariest Places series are scary, and I certainly wouldn’t recommend visiting them on a romantic getaway—but it’s the people in my stories, not the actual locations, that cause the true horror.

RP: Who are your favorite horror novelists, and how have they influenced your writing?

JB: Stephen King, Dean Koontz (his earlier stuff), Terry Brooks, Richard Laymon. Bentley Little. These are the authors that immediately spring to mind, and whose stories have all stuck in my mind. There are many others, for sure, but these guys were my main influence growing up.

RP: Can you give us a glimpse into what’s next for you with this series and beyond?

JB: I just finished the next book in the World’s Scariest Legends series. It’s called The Man from Taured —based off of another real legend. It’s about a man who shows up in Tokyo International Airport—and is told his passport is from a country that doesn’t exist. I had a lot of fun writing this one, and based on early reaction from beta readers, I think it might be the best in the series (though it is actually has the least amount of horror in it). It will be out February 11. For the next book, I’m going to return to the World’s Scariest Places series—I’ll keep you posted on that!

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From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Jeremy Bates comes the second book in the all-new WORLD'S SCARIEST LEGENDS series.

In 1954, at the start of the Cold War, the Soviet military offered four political prisoners their freedom if they participated in an experiment requiring them to remain awake for fourteen days while under the influence of a powerful stimulant gas. The prisoners ultimately reverted to murder, self-mutilation,... Read Full Overview

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