"Alice saw the wave. It was a beast. It rose slowly at first, the way a predator prepares to strike – silent, inevitable. It quickly gained speed, swelling into a towering monster, a force of nature, as if the ocean itself had decided to swallow her whole. The wave surged, easily 30 feet high, dark and roaring with a ferocity she could feel in her bones. It moved toward her with the relentlessness of fate…"
Welcome, dear listeners, to a special episode of Haunted UK Fiction where we will read an excerpt from a brand-new novel, and have a chat with its author, the wonderful Theresa Cheung.
Theresa, a prolific author who is widely recognized for her expertise in all things relating to dreams, was featured on the Haunted UK podcast last year. Theresa’s in-depth knowledge and research in the field of dreams and the paranormal has led to her authoring several international best-selling books, all of which were non-fiction… until now.
Theresa has approached us with her debut fictional novel, Nightborn, which ties into to her decades-long study of dreams, nightmares, sleep paralysis, incubus and succubus encounters, liminal dream states where ghostly figures appear, and even dream hacking.What if the line between your waking life and your darkest dreams disappeared forever?
Nightborn centers on a character by the name of Alice Sinclair, a driven psychology professor, is about to find out. When thousands of people begin experiencing terrifying, vivid nightmares ... all centered around her, Alice’s quiet academic life is shattered.
Haunted by the question of why she’s become the subject of these shared dreams, Alice embarks on a desperate search for answers, uncovering a chilling secret: someone - or something - hungry for global power has discovered a way to manipulate consciousness itself. The world is fast becoming a playground for those in control of the dreaming mind.
In a heart-stopping race against time, Alice must navigate a treacherous web of deception, where nothing - and no one - can be trusted, not even herself.
Settle as we read the suspenseful prologue and first chapter of Nightborn, then stay tuned afterwards for our chat with the brilliant and fascinating Theresa Cheung.
If you would like to learn more about Theresa or get in touch, you can find all up to date information on her website: https://www.theresacheung.com
Episode Credits:
Story excerpt by Theresa Cheung
Narrated by Steven Holloway
Script prepared by Melissa West
Interview participants: Theresa Cheung, Steven Holloway, Melissa West
Produced by Pink Flamingo Home Studio
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