The Sleepers (Cedar Hills)

By Lukas SALDUKAS

They told her she was crazy. They were wrong.

For seven years, Lara Vance has been a prisoner-not just of the Cedar Hills State Hospital, but of her own mind. The voices she hears, the visions she sees of her brother trapped in a metal box, of his wife and children buried alive... the doctors call them delusions. They medicate her into silence.

But when a skeptical night worker named Leo Lockhart finds a child's shoe hidden in a toolbox-a shoe with a desperate note inside-he begins to wonder: what if Lara isn't insane? What if she's the only one who remembers the truth?

The truth leads to Gromov Island, a forgotten speck on the map with a horrifying secret. A secret involving Cold War experiments, government conspiracies, and children who aren't dead... but aren't exactly alive either. They are the Sleepers. And they've been waiting.

Now Lara and Leo must race against time to expose a cover-up that reaches the highest levels of power. But the men behind the island have spent decades burying their secrets-and they'll bury anyone who gets too close.

Perfect for fans of:

Silence of the LambsStranger ThingsDark psychological thrillersCold War conspiracy fiction

The truth is waiting. Will you listen?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GNN28TR9
• ISBN13: 9798248554881
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"