The Sleeper Awakes

On a sunlit Cornish cliff, Mr. Isbister finds a stranger in tears—not simply from sorrow, but because six sleepless nights have made the whole world unbearable.

In 1897, the stranger’s mind is racing toward collapse, and even the beauty of the coast seems only to deepen his misery. Then sleep takes him into a future 203 years away, where his fortune has helped build a vast order of wealth and power. The man who wakes must face a society shaped by forces he never chose—and discover what it means to become its richest, most useful captive. Can he claim a life of his own in a world that already claims him?

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