Noah Clarke is a lucid dreamer and is a patient of Dawn's and in her dream study group.  Noah confides in Dawn that his dreams are trying to kill him.  Dawn knows all too well that this is true.  There have been several people dying suddenly in their sleep.  Science calls it Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome but Dawn knows it's really something invading their dreams and killing them.  It's up to Dawn to stop "it" from killing anymore.  Dawn must return to her father (in the other realm that she turned her back on years ago) in her search for answers to save Noah's life.  She must revisit the great city of Dreaming and destroy "it" before "it" destroys both her and Noah... and all this must be done before she wakes.

Before I Wake:  The Nightmare Chronicles is a great book to read for some escapism .  I found it to be a very enjoyable book.  Kathryn Smith is a great author who writes well with well-defined characters and a great plot that holds your interest.  Before I Wake is topnotch in the suspense romance genre and I highly recommend it to others.