Some dreams don't end when you wake up. After their sister Mara's death... Eli wakes night after night, drenched in sweat, haunted by dreams that are too vivid and violent to ignore. Dreams where something ancient crawls through the cracks in reality. Something watching, waiting. Something called the Bender. When his younger brother Noah begins sketching the same entity Eli sees in his sleep, grotesque, shifting, wrong, Eli knows the nightmares are not just in his head. Noah does not speak of what he draws. He does not have to. The Bender is no longer confined to dreams. She is walking now. And she is coming for them. Their Aunt Colleen, the last of a family line bound to a secret ritual, holds the key to understanding the creature's return, and the price required to stop her. But as reality fractures and time begins to unravel, Eli must face a terrifying truth: Not every nightmare ends in sleep. She Who Walks in Sleep is the chilling first book in a new horror series about legacy, fear, and the price of stories told too often. Perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay, Jennifer McMahon, and readers who like their horror slow-burning, surreal, and deeply unsettling.