Sleeping Beauties

About “Sleeping Beauties”

In a father-son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King explore a high-stakes scenario: what if women suddenly disappeared from the world? A mysterious phenomenon causes women to become wrapped in a cocoon-like gauze when they sleep. If disturbed, they become violent. In the town of Dooling, West Virginia, a women's prison is affected by the virus, except for one inmate named Evie, who can sleep and wake without issue. Her condition draws attention and suspicion. Meanwhile, the men left behind become increasingly unruly, and the sheriff, Lila Norcross, struggles to maintain order. The women, who have been sleeping, are about to awaken to a changed world.