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Doors of Sleep

By Tim Pratt
Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt digital book - Fable

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Doctor Who meets Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Garden of Forking Paths” in this time travel sci-fi adventure from a Hugo Award winning author.

What would you do if you woke up and found yourself in a parallel universe under an alien sky? This is the question Zax Delatree answers every time he closes his eyes.

Every time Zax Delatree falls asleep, he travels to a new reality. He has no control over his destination and never knows what he will see when he opens his eyes. Sometimes he wakes up in technological utopias, and other times in the bombed-out ruins of collapsed civilizations. All he has to live by are his wits and the small aides he has picked up along the way—technological advantages from techno-utopias, sedatives to escape dangerous worlds, and stimulants to extend his stay in pleasant ones.

Thankfully, Zax isn’t always alone. He can take people with him, if they’re unconscious in his arms when he falls asleep. But someone unwelcome is on his tail, and they are after something that Zax cannot spare—the blood running through his veins, the power to travel through worlds . . .

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3.5
“A bit of a world wind adventure. Some of the sticky situations were resolved a little too easily and things felt a little convenient at times. The characters were fun to follow. I really enjoyed the end and I’m looking forward to the second book that sounds like even higher stakes.”
“The idea had so much promise and I loved some of the characters but after so much build up nothing really happened and the ending was so abrupt and disappointing.”
Surprised Face with Open Mouth“This book is so unique. Just the amount of imagination that Tim Pratt has to create this book is amazing. This book was so fast paced and hooked me in from the first chapter. I fell in love with Minna and Vickie. I loved this book! Sometimes sci-fi goes way over my head and there were moments in the beginning when this happened, but overall the world building and explanations made understanding this book so much easier.”

About Tim Pratt

TIM PRATT is a Hugo Award-winning SF and fantasy author, and has been a finalist for World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Stoker, Mythopoeic, and Nebula Awards, among others. He is the author of over twenty novels, most recently The Deep Woods and Heirs of Grace, and scores of short stories. His work has been reprinted in The Best American Short StoriesThe Year's Best FantasyThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, and other nice places. Since 2001 he has worked for Locus, the magazine of the science fiction and fantasy field, where he currently serves as senior editor. He lives in Berkeley, CA with his wife and son.

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