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Jonathan Luna
Jonathan Luna had it all mapped out: win the state gymnastics championship, land a scholarship, and follow in his mother’s footsteps as a biologist. But when idiopathic hypersomnia struck, everything collapsed overnight. Now Jonathan fights to keep his eyes open long enough to hold onto the pieces of his life — not realizing his greatest awakening is still to come.
Professor Howard
A mild-mannered science professor with a not-so-secret double life: part academic, part eccentric inventor. Haunted by his past and troubled by the crime swallowing the city, Howard pours himself into a wild idea — creating real gadgets for a real hero. When his experiments lead to the discovery of the ZZZ Serum, he realizes he doesn’t just need science to make his plan work… he needs someone brave enough to use it.
Ricky Moreno
Jonathan Luna’s ride-or-die since the playground days — the kind of friend who’ll throw a punch or a punchline when you need it most. While grinding through classes at Brock Port U and slinging lattes at the local coffee house, Ricky’s chasing his dream of being the first in his family to graduate. But when Jon’s dreams are crushed by hypersomnia, Ricky refuses to let him fall alone. Loyal, fearless, and quick with a joke, Ricky’s the guy in Jon’s corner — no matter how wild things get.
Regina Thorncrest
Regina Thorncrest has always played to win — on the cheer squad, in the classroom, and in life. When she met Jonathan Luna under the Friday night lights, she decided he was part of her future. So when her parents moved away, Regina stayed behind, determined to finish school — and to help Jon. To her, his mysterious sleepiness isn’t an illness, it’s a lack of drive. With her father launching a new company, she pushes Jon toward a business degree, determined to land him a job in the family business. Regina has big plans… but destiny has plans of its own.
Jennifer Kato
Jennifer was the quiet girl in high school — always under a tree with her nose in a book, or lost in one of her vivid daydreams. Fascinated by the mysteries of sleep, she set her sights on becoming a Sleep Science Technologist. By day she’s a straight-A student; by night, she works at NUBES, the city’s Sleep Lab, where science and dreams collide. A natural observer with a curious mind, Jennifer is about to discover that some dreams lead to places stranger — and more dangerous — than she ever imagined.
INSOMNIAMAN © 2015 Fernando Muñoz. All rights reserved under the International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the express written permission of Fernando Muñoz, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law. All names, places, characters, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used ctitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, organizations, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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