The Dreamless (Sleepless, 2) [Williams, Jen]

Author: Jen Williams

Jen Williams stuns in a heartrending sequel to The Sleepless that is as romantic as it is deadly.

Will Lucian pursue chaos and power?
Will Artair choose isolation, or will he choose to walk out into the wider world?
And Elver, perhaps, has the hardest choice of all.

After being sacrificed yet again at the hands of Mother Maura, Elver has returned from the dead even more jih than human. A strange new power simmers beneath her skin alongside a warning from the Queen of Serpents: though she's been granted another chance at life, someday soon, Elver will be called from the land of mortals.

Now that Artair knows the spirit with whom he shares a body, Lucian, is an ordinary human, the two have formed an uneasy truce. While they attempt to wield their shred of Maura's stolen power--the only thing keeping her from ascending to full godhood--they're also confronted with feelings for Elver that are impossible to deny.

But Maura is out for revenge. As dangerous new alliances brew among the Twelve, Elver, Artair, and Lucian must set out to find the only being in existence capable of killing a god. And Elver will need to decide once and for all with which of the Sleepless her poisoned heart lies.

Publisher: Macmillan Publishers (MPS)
Published: 09/29/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.06oz
Size: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250409317

About the Author
JEN WILLIAMS is a writer from London currently living in Bristol with her fiancé, fellow fantasy author Peter Newman, and a dramatically fluffy cat. A fan of witches and dark folklore from an early age, these days she writes character-driven fantasy novels with plenty of banter and magic. She was nominated for Best Newcomer in the British Fantasy Awards, and her books The Ninth Rain and The Bitter Twins both went on to win Best Fantasy Novel, which she won again in 2024 for Talonsister. The Sleepless duology is her first YA fantasy series.