What would you do if you were literally dying from lack of sleep? That's what happens to Lee Fenton. A young, successful author, he seems to have it good. His books sell, and because of them he is well off and doesn't have to work a 9-5 job.But then, one day, he starts having a particularly bad bout of insomnia. It gets bad enough that he has to go to the doctor. The doctor tells him something terrible: that he has a rare, terminal form of insomnia called Fatal Familial Insomnia. He will sleep less and less until finally he won't be able sleep at all, going insane and dying shortly thereafter.Deciding to make the most of the time he has left, Lee buys a luxury RV, hires his best friend as his driver, and sets out on a trip across the United States. They meet a couple of girls along the way who join their journey, and for a short time things look bright again.But as he sleeps less and less, Lee starts to see things, awful visions. There's something following them, something evil and relentless...and it wants them all.A story of terror, friendship, romance, and America, through the eyes of our new Lost Generation of twenty-somethings.