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Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay

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Two minds, one body, one impossible cross-country journey—and the truth is stranger than either of them can imagine.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie, recommended by CrimeReads, Goodreads, Parade, and Pen America.

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About the book:

Julia Flang is a twenty-something former semi-professional gamer stuck in two jobs she hates, living with her retired uncle. When her estranged mother—a CFO at one of the world's largest tech companies—dangles a temp job she can't refuse, Julia says yes before she can think better of it.

The job: chaperone a man in a vegetative state, one with proprietary AI implanted in his head, from California to the East Coast. In Julia's words, she's been hired to "remote control this dead dude across the country." He's not dead dead. But he's not exactly there, either.

Inside his own mind, the man endures a shifting, monstrous nightmare with no memory of who he is—only a rabbit tattoo he doesn't recognize and a compulsion to find someone he can't name. As Julia fumbles him through airports and across the country using a controller disguised as a cell phone, his fractured reality offers clues neither of them fully understands.

What begins as an ethically dubious babysitting gig becomes something far more dangerous, as Julia and the man she calls "Bernie" become unlikely allies racing against a truth neither is prepared for.

Two minds, one body, one impossible cross-country journey—and the truth is stranger than either of them can imagine.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie, recommended by CrimeReads, Goodreads, Parade, and Pen America.

Rent new hardcover on Trove: $12.00 - Each rental copy can be rented for 30 days. If you love the book and decide to keep it, the remaining balance applies.

Buy new hardcover on Trove: $30.00

____________________________________________

About the book:

Julia Flang is a twenty-something former semi-professional gamer stuck in two jobs she hates, living with her retired uncle. When her estranged mother—a CFO at one of the world's largest tech companies—dangles a temp job she can't refuse, Julia says yes before she can think better of it.

The job: chaperone a man in a vegetative state, one with proprietary AI implanted in his head, from California to the East Coast. In Julia's words, she's been hired to "remote control this dead dude across the country." He's not dead dead. But he's not exactly there, either.

Inside his own mind, the man endures a shifting, monstrous nightmare with no memory of who he is—only a rabbit tattoo he doesn't recognize and a compulsion to find someone he can't name. As Julia fumbles him through airports and across the country using a controller disguised as a cell phone, his fractured reality offers clues neither of them fully understands.

What begins as an ethically dubious babysitting gig becomes something far more dangerous, as Julia and the man she calls "Bernie" become unlikely allies racing against a truth neither is prepared for.

  • Publisher: William Morrow

    Title:Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep: A Novel

    Author: Paul Tremblay

    On Sale Date: June 30, 2026

    ISBN 13: 9780063398467

    ISBN 10: 006339846X

    Format: Hardcover

    Retail Price: $30.00 USD

    BISAC: Fiction / Dystopian

    Page Count: 336 pages

    Dimensions: 9 in H | 6 in W | 1.1 in T

    Weight: 1.2 lb

  • Paul Tremblay is the multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of eight previous novels, including Horror Movie, The Pallbearers Club, and The Cabin at the End of the World—the last of which was adapted into the M. Night Shyamalan film Knock at the Cabin, starring Jonathan Groff, Dave Bautista, and Rupert Grint. His accolades include the Bram Stoker Award, the Locus Award, and the British Fantasy Award, and his work has earned praise from Stephen King, Grady Hendrix, and Joe Hill, among others. He lives outside of Boston with his family.

  • Pre-release readers are calling it clever, unsettling, and surprisingly funny:

    • Early readers describe Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep as harder to categorize the deeper you get into it—and mean that as high praise.

    • Readers highlighted how the novel's big ideas about AI, memory, and identity never feel like a lecture, staying woven into a story that always keeps entertaining.

    • Multiple readers noted the tonal balance—shifting from philosophical questions to sharp comedy to genuine nightmare fuel within the space of a few pages.

    • Booksellers praised the dual narrative structure for heightening the story's moral unease, calling it a technological horror that hits closer to home than expected.

This book is for you if:

  • You love genre-bending fiction that refuses to sit still in one category.

  • You want a thriller with real emotional stakes, not just plot mechanics.

  • You're drawn to near-future tech horror that feels a little too plausible.

  • You appreciate dark humor threaded through genuinely unsettling storytelling.

  • You're a fan of multi-voice narratives that twist together as the story unfolds.

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