Sleep Thief

When journalist Carla Wells is asked to investigate Wes Deven, a man who claims to be able to enter into the nightmares of others and feed off their fear, leaving the dreamer exhausted, she believes him to be a fraud - until Wes enters her own nightmare to prove his ability. Then he vows to help her resolve the bad dream that has haunted her since childhood - by uncovering the mystery of who killed her mother. But after meeting with Doctor Julian Royce, the only specialist who can understand the reason for Wesley''s 'gift', Carla learns it is no gift at all, but caused by an abnormality in his brain that will eventually kill him unless a cure is found. His ability also means he is under pressure to accept a role in a shady government organization - which he constantly refuses to agree to - and then, after staying too long and drawing in too much energy whilst dragged into the dream state of a serial killer, Dr Royce suggests that Wes works with the police, using his ability to enter nightmares to track down the serial killer known as White Van Man. But unknown to Wes, as his medication to control his condition begins to fail, Carla goes missing - abducted by White Van Man, and soon her only hope of reaching him will be to dream of her childhood nightmares, because with time running out, only the man who slips into bad dreams to feed on fear can save her from becoming the serial killer's next victim...