Sign-In
Cart
The Missing Hour: Do Not Wake Them
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 5 2026
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Missing Hour: Do Not Wake Them
Book One of The Awareness Protocol
by R. V. Zizzi
Every night at exactly 2:17 a.m., an hour disappears.
No alarms sound. No evidence remains. Most people never notice.
Paramedic Mara Quinn does.
She wakes with injuries she cannot explain, memory gaps that do not behave like sleep, and the growing certainty that something has been using her while she is gone. When patients begin appearing with the same fractured awareness and the same quiet warning, Mara realises the missing hour is not an accident.
It is structured.
Selective.
And learning.
As Mara begins to remain conscious during the hour, she discovers it is not empty time at all. It is a system that rewards adaptation, punishes resistance, and assumes consent without ever asking for it. Guided by a man who knows more than he should, Mara is drawn deeper into a process that forces her to confront an impossible truth.
Staying awake does not make you safe.
It makes you useful.
And once you cross a certain line, there is no way back to who you were before.
The Missing Hour: Do Not Wake Them is a slow-burn psychological thriller blending horror, suspense, and speculative fiction. Perfect for readers who enjoy unsettling concepts, morally complex characters, and stories that linger long after the final page.
Also in
Mystery & Thriller
The Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume I: American Tabloid, the Cold Six Thousand; Introduction by Thomas Mallon
Ellroy, James
Hardcover
Coffin Road: An Utterly Gripping Crime Thriller from the Author of the China Thrillers
May, Peter
Paperback
Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Movie Tie-In Edition): Book 1 of the Millennium Trilogy
Larsson, Stieg
Paperback
The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes
Bantock, Nick
Hardcover
Big Little Truths: Reese's Book Club: A Novel: The Sequel to Big Little Lies
Moriarty, Liane
Hardcover
The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Frozen River
Lawhon, Ariel
Hardcover