What if you could spend your life never sleeping? What would you do with the extra hours in each day?
How would it change your mind, your body, your relationships, your career?

That's the premise of "Eternal," a new novel from Scottish writer Kerry Hadley-Purdue. The book centers on a young woman named Amelia, who discovers she's immune to sleep and can even manipulate it in others. That ability proves both a blessing and a curse as she navigates a world that's determined to force her into a normal life.
But what if this blessing turned out to be a curse? Would constant wakefulness bring you closer to the mysteries of the universe? Or would it drive you mad?

Nathan Fisk, a brilliant yet socially awkward astrophysicist, believed that the answer to these questions might lie within the universe itself. Living alone, he had made remarkable discoveries on the nature of dark matter, and was on the cusp of making another breakthrough. Yet his relent