Sleepwalker: The Last Sandman by Brad Marlowe, has been well received by its readers. My first read-through took longer than I expected because of personal issues, so I gave it another read and wanted to provide another review.
Here is part of the product description from Amazon.com:A dark force springs from the uncommon imaginations of young Sean and Cole Golden, casting a cold shadow over the ever-changing land of dreams. When the malevolent entity abducts the Sandman, and then snatches its own creators from their cozy beds in an Iowa farmhouse, Jake (the boys' cynical father) is forced to resurrect the imaginative child within in order to cross the adult-proof barrier that separates the real from the surreal. In Nod, a world literally made of our dreams, the younger Jake must rescue Sean, Cole, and the Sandman before the sleep-deprived citizens of the world burn everything to the ground.
The book itself is very well written, and has a natural rhythm that is mostly easy to follow. In the middle, I do find myself getting distracted, (through both readings) but the story comes back around to a solid, satisfying ending. I would have trimmed it down just a hair, but Brad obviously has a great imagination, is more than capable of expressing complex ideas and situations clearly, and I am sure we can expect to hear much more from him. Brad presents his ideas clearly and while he uses familiar imagery from other sources, his own original ideas and story lines are entertaining and thought provoking.
I enjoyed this book a lot, and will be watching this author with interest.
