Deprivation
- 2020 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, Thriller & Suspense (Adult Fiction)
This gripping psychological thriller is set on a small New England coastal island stricken by an epidemic of insomnia. After a mysterious, silent child is found abandoned on the beach clutching a handheld video game, residents and tourists alike find themselves utterly unable to sleep. Exhaustion impairs judgment, delusions become hysteria, and mob rule explodes into shocking violence.