New Release Spotlight: SOMNIUM by Deirdre Swinden

On May 31st, Crystal Lake Publishing released Deirdre Swinden’s debut novel, Somnium!

Here’s a little about the book:

Immerse yourself in a terrifying blend of psychological horror and high-tech science fiction in this riveting novel where dreams can kill. Gillian Hardie experiences nightmares so intense they threaten her very existence, thanks to a glitch in Somnium Corporation’s groundbreaking dream advertising technology. Every night, her sleep unleashes monsters that her body reacts to as if they were real, pushing her to the edge of despair.

Armed with her lucid dreaming skills, Gillian battles these horrors, but when an accident traps her in a perpetual dream state, she must rely on Nathan Keller, a nightmare warrior, and Dex Cooper, an Operator, to navigate this nightmarish reality. With her darkest fears manifesting like never before, Gillian faces a race against time to survive a threat that could unleash unimaginable horrors from the depths of her mind.

TRIGGER WARNINGS:

This novel includes a brief depiction of sexual violence, gore and nightmare imagery.

A successful writer/editor in the corporate world for more than two decades, Deirdre Swinden is currently living and writing in North Carolina. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Arcadia University and has published short stories in Griffel Literary Magazine and Grim & Gilded. Early in her writing career, she won the Popular Short Story Contest at the 2000 Philadelphia Writers’ Conference with her short work, “Shooting Televisions.”

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The Somnium Blog Tour is wrapping up! Watch for these exciting posts!

June 10th – Loren Rhoads (guest post)

June 11th – Nina D’Arcangela (book spotlight)

June 12th – Chris Verstraete (book spotlight)

June 13th – Nikki Nelson-Hicks (book spotlight)

June 14th – A. F. Stewart Blog (interview)

June 15th – Angela Yuriko Smith (review)

June 16th – Rie Sheridan Rose (guest post)