{"product_id":"170-hours-to-midnight-george-lamb-9798244286700","title":"170 Hours to Midnight: Victorian Gothic Mystery Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e170 hours. No sleep. One legacy of blood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnny Sleep is a \"Hollow Man.\" Haunted by a failure in the London docks that left his partner dead and his mind shattered, he lives in a state of permanent wakefulness. He doesn't just see the world; he feels its vibrations through a rhythmic neurological \"tic\" that has become his only compass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a black-edged envelope summons him to the salt-blasted valley of \u003cb\u003eOakhaven\u003c\/b\u003e, Johnny is thrust into the decaying opulence of \u003cb\u003eBlackwood Manor\u003c\/b\u003e. The Rose family is drowning, not in the Atlantic, but in a thirty-year-old conspiracy of silt and shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mystery of 1894.\u003c\/b\u003e Decades ago, a village was submerged to hide a secret more volatile than gold. Now, the waters are rising again. With the help of the \"Black Widow\" heiress, \u003cb\u003eMissy Rose\u003c\/b\u003e, Johnny must navigate a landscape of chemical warfare, gaslight deception, and the terrifying reach of the \u003cb\u003eCroft Legacy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Clock is Ticking.\u003c\/b\u003e From the flooded chambers of a secret laboratory to the high-stakes ballrooms of London, Johnny must hunt a killer before his own heart shakes itself to pieces. In a world of \u003cb\u003eIndustrial Noir\u003c\/b\u003e, the truth is the only thing more dangerous than the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan the man who never sleeps wake a nation up to the truth?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the soot-stained streets of 1920s London and the shadowed valleys of Oakhaven, silence isn't golden, it's a weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohnny Sleep\u003c\/b\u003e is a man haunted by 190 hours of forced wakefulness. A former \"Logic-Breaker\" for a shadow agency, he emerged from a catastrophic experiment with a curse: a hyper-awareness of the world's hidden rhythms. He can hear the lie in a heartbeat and feel the vibration of a conspiracy before it's even whispered. But his greatest challenge isn't a case; it's the \"Great Quiet\", a terrifying plot to subdue the world's population through a mineral known as the \u003cb\u003eBlack Vein\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy his side is \u003cb\u003eMissy Rose\u003c\/b\u003e, the brilliant, high-society exile from the Rose lineage. Together, they are the only ones who can navigate the \"Silt-Shadows\" left behind by the Croft family's legacy. From the flooded ruins of a manor house to the heights of the New York skyline, their journey is a high-stakes race against \"The Architect\" and his \"Quiet Brotherhood.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they dismantle empires of static and sound, Johnny and Missy find that the only frequency worth saving is the one they create together. It is a story of atmospheric mystery, industrial horror, and a romance that proves even in a world of manufactured silence, the human heart will always find a way to be heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Lamb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798244286700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"George Lamb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48176093823231,"sku":"9798244286700","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e0a0982-d88f-4511-99b2-4744e1e1dda8.jpg?v=1771336550","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/170-hours-to-midnight-george-lamb-9798244286700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}