The Awakening of Fear (Deadly Fantasies/Silent Nightmares Book 1) · Michael DeCesare ✦ Indie E-book

Michael Toscani has never known a peaceful night’s sleep.
Haunted by relentless nightmares from childhood and hardened by years of military service, Michael dedicates his life to ending fear itself. Alongside brilliant neuroscientist Dr. Elena Rodriguez and gifted researcher Logan Fisher, he helps create Fearless, a revolutionary drug capable of eliminating phobias, trauma, PTSD, and nightmares from the human mind.
The world embraces it as a miracle.
But humanity was never meant to tamper with fear.
As Fearless becomes a worldwide phenomenon, an ancient force begins to weaken. Phobetor, the god of nightmares and phobias, has fed on human fear for centuries. Using the Nyxgate Obelisk and the cursed Requiem Estate as conduits into the world, Phobetor reaches into Logan’s mind, twisting him into Malfadar, a ruthless servant determined to remind humanity what true terror feels like.
Soon, impossible horrors begin spreading across the world. Nightmares bleed into reality. Entire cities descend into panic and violence. And as civilization begins to unravel, Michael and his team are thrust into a desperate search for answers hidden within ancient symbols, forgotten histories, and the terrifying secrets surrounding Requiem Estate.
Because something ancient has returned.
And it wants the world to be afraid.

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