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Doors of sleep / Tim Pratt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Angry Robot, an imprint of Watkins Media Ltd, 2021Description: 266 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780857668745
  • 0857668749
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "If closing your eyes meant waking up in an entirely different world, would you want to fall asleep? Zax Delatree has the power to travel between worlds while he sleeps, the only problem is he has no control over his destination. For Zax, sleep is the doorway to the unknown. Sometimes he wakes up in technological utopias, and other times in the bombed-out ruins of collapsed civilizations. All he can rely on to survive in these strange, and sometimes hostile worlds are his wits and a small collection of aides he's picked up along the way. They either help him to stay awake when he finds safe havens or fall asleep to escape from danger. Now though, Zax's power has been discovered and there are enemies chasing him. They are just a few worlds behind, and they seem to be after something that Zax cannot spare -- the blood running through his veins."--Back cover.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy PRATT, TIM Available 33111010452676
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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 must answer 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...

File Under- Science Fiction Green Power | Sweat Dreams | Waking Nightmare | Zax of all Trades

"An Angry Robot paperback original."--Title page verso.

Includes an excerpt from The wrong stars.

"If closing your eyes meant waking up in an entirely different world, would you want to fall asleep? Zax Delatree has the power to travel between worlds while he sleeps, the only problem is he has no control over his destination. For Zax, sleep is the doorway to the unknown. Sometimes he wakes up in technological utopias, and other times in the bombed-out ruins of collapsed civilizations. All he can rely on to survive in these strange, and sometimes hostile worlds are his wits and a small collection of aides he's picked up along the way. They either help him to stay awake when he finds safe havens or fall asleep to escape from danger. Now though, Zax's power has been discovered and there are enemies chasing him. They are just a few worlds behind, and they seem to be after something that Zax cannot spare -- the blood running through his veins."--Back cover.

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