Dreamland

An intimate Gothic novel about family secrets and desire by bestselling sensation Olivie Blake

By: Olivie Blake

Narrated by: Ferdelle Capistrano, Max Meyers, Steve West, Chloe Nosan, Mia Wurgaft, Maggie Thompson

From No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Olivie Blake comes Dreamland, a hauntingly seductive gothic mystery where the glitz of Los Angeles collides with the dark shadows of the Hollywood elite.

Fame makes monsters of us all . . .

Summer winds sweep a feverish energy through Los Angeles as girls are found murdered. Yet despite wildfire warnings and the rising body count, Anya Morris finds her mind elsewhere. Her Hollywood break fell through – and after losing out, she’s ready to risk it all.

Enter actor William de Witt, an aging icon with a cryptic bargain. If Anya spends time with his son Jude, a man sequestered by mysterious health issues, William will grant her access to Hollywood’s inner circles. Yet within the de Witt estate, the air is heavy with old blood and unspoken secrets.

Drawn to Jude’s dark magnetism, Anya wonders if the house is cursed or if Jude is touched by the occult. How far will the elite go to secure their fame? And as the city burns, could Anya also sell her soul to achieve her dreams?

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PRAISE FOR DREAMLAND

‘A gory, gothic masterpiece’
– Alix E Harrow

‘Thrilling . . . a deft and deeply unsettling examination of power’
– Alexis Henderson

‘The plot is thrilling, the prose is densely voluptuous, broken up by Blake’s trademark dark humour’
–Brigitte Knightley

‘A dizzying and atmospheric fever dream of a novel . . . I didn't want it to end!’
– Monika Kim

Olivie Blake's The Atlas Six was a No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 28 Feb 2022.
Gifted & Talented was a No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 14 April 2025.

Critic reviews

Dreamland is insanely propulsive, and profound and funny. A marvel, truly. I loved, loved, loved it (Roshani Chokshi, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Last Tale of the Flower Bride)

From its setting to its heroine, Dreamland is a gothic novel for the modern age (Johanna van Veen, author of My Darling Dreadful Thing)

This is Olivie Blake at the height of her power, doing cartwheels on the high wire. Dreamland is a sweat-slick Hollywood fable about fame, fortune, and the sins we'd commit for either. A gory, gothic masterpiece (Alix E Harrow, bestselling author of Starling House)

Sultry, absorbing, and as oppressive at the LA heat, Dreamland is a deliciously witty and bloody novel in which anything may be sacrificed in the monstrous pursuit of fame and fortune (Leigh Radford, author of One Yellow Eye)

Olivie Blake is a mind-blowing talent (Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings on The Atlas Six)

A writer who displays real creativity and a genuine talent for storytelling. Whatever Olivie Blake writes, I am going to read it (Terry Brooks, bestselling author of the Shannara series on The Atlas series)

Olivie Blake never pulls any punches, defies genre boundaries (Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Bride)

A dizzying and atmospheric fever dream of a novel. Blake’s lush and evocative prose pulled me under, transporting me into her dark, unsettling world. I didn't want it to end! (Monika Kim, bestselling and award-winning author of The Eyes Are The Best Part)

Dreamland is not a book so much as an experience. Blake peels Los Angeles, Hollywood, and the American dream open like a rotten orange. Result: the gothic at its most tormented, slouching towards LA to be born. The plot is thrilling, the prose is densely voluptuous, broken up by Blake’s trademark dark humour (Brigitte Knightley, New York Times bestselling author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy)