Bloodborne, Vol. 1: The Death of Sleep

How it reads

Bloodborne, Vol. 1: The Death of Sleep is science fiction (cosmic horror graphic novel, specifically), and its dominant mood is eerie. It's atmospheric and uncanny, with a sense that something is wrong. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in an invented world, in the future, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are survival, power and politics and identity. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 112 pages it's a single-sitting book. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.