Fantastic book! Don't let the crappy cover or the goofy title turn you off - this is one of the best pieces of sci-fi/speculative fiction I have ever read! I wish I were 'sleepless'....

Product Description
In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep.

Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha and the other "Sleepless" are outcasts -- victims of blind hatred, political repression, and shocking mob violence meant to drive them from human society ... and, ultimately, from Earth itself.

But Leisha Camden has chosen to remain behind in a world that envies and fears her "gift" -- a world marked for destruction in a devastating conspiracy of freedom ... and revenge.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

I gave this to rureading at Coffee Cats yesterday. I really hope she likes it :)

Thank you for another new author in sci-fi to try....now I just need more time to read. Gonna have to pay close attention to the 'no sleep required' section.

Genetic modification has been the focus of many authors but this author's idea of how society is impacted over generations with class wars and political ramifications was very interesting. I enjoyed how political arguments and cultural biases changed over time, and became cyclical.

Book taken to the Calgary BC Meetup at the Joshua Tree Cafe today.

Picked up at the May Calgary Book Crossing Meeting.

Taken back to the Calgary Bookcrossing Meeting, I've run out of time to read it.

The Calgary Bookcrossing group meets every second Saturday in the Joshua Tree. Join us on Facebook!

Brought home some pretty great books from the August meet-up of Calgary BookCrossers.

Thanks a bunch!

What an amazing book! I transitioned 2012 to 2013 with my nose is this fabulous Sci-fi, and those who know me will find that in itself, amazing.

I felt like I was reading a classic such as Orwell! The political evolution was fascinating. This is a book that will stay with me for a long time. Thank you!

Releasing at the January Calgary BookCrosser meet-up at the Joshua Tree Café.

Picked up this book at the Calgary BookCrossing January meet-up. Another sci-fi recommendation from Minerva101, so I know it's going to be good.

This is a dense book, but I mean that in a good way. The story starts off simply enough with Leisha's early life as a sleepless but it quickly expands to encompass how sleeplessness can affect the world politically and socially. If you're expecting a cutesy sci-fi book about genetic modification, throw those expectations out the window.

Releasing this book at the Calgary BookCrossing March meet-up. If it didn't go home with someone, it's on the bookshelf.

Picked this up at today's meeting. How did I come home with so many books? Adding to my TBR mountain.

Are you in the Calgary area and interested in meeting up with other Calgary BookCrossers? Please check out our facebook group, "BookCrossing Calgary" for details on how. Meeting are held on the second Saturday of every month starting at 11am. Location is unknown, please PM me for information. New Crossers are always welcome.

I am overloaded with books and a new baby so returning this as other people are waiting for it. I would like it back at sometime though....

Picked up at get together

This book had a really interesting premise with people being genetically modified to not sleep. There was also a wide range of characters which were well developed. The book mainly focused on the impact this gene modification had on society and did a really good job looking at how different groups of thoughts developed based on people's own emotions, decisions and actions, which then would lead to other implications and decisions by other people/groups.

However, I was just a bit disappointed by a couple of the benefits/side-effects of the sleepless gene modifications that were introduced a bit later in the story as I thought that just the idea of being sleepless was sufficient enough on its own to be interesting and take a good look at the implications it might have on society. So this might have played into my feelings a bit, but I found myself a bit underwhelmed by the story and pace of the novel.

On a whole I found it a very interesting read and an excellently told story.

Thanks for the interesting read!

Taken to get together!

Picked up at this month's Calgary Bookcrossing meetup. I tried to read it a while ago but it might be time to give it another try.