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Dream Swim

Adult speculative fantasy · Standalone with series potential

Alex only wants to survive the workday and chase the meaning of life in his lucid dreams, until the monster he meets in them turns out to be real, forgotten by the world, and responsible for a million deaths nobody dares research.

Alex drifts from engineering work to Hollywood party nights, and the occasional meaning of life dream he doesn’t know what to do with. Theories build on visions, yet the answer stays just out of reach. He encounters an ancient evil in a lucid dream, black robe, red gem, and a void under his hood. The monster reveals the world forgot him. Suspecting this creature might be responsible for a million unexplained deaths years ago at the Spring Equinox, Alex stifles his curiosity.

Everyone knows research leads to death.

Over the years, society recoiled in fear of research, stuffing the mysterious deaths into a chapter at the end of a history book. Alex wants to understand the meaning of life, he isn’t interested in risking his own death researching murders from the past, until he meets Becky, a researcher. Her advanced lucid dreaming techniques unlock a deeper connection with the dream world, and their relationship starts. Alex journeys on a date in a lucid dream, yet stumbles upon the ancient evil again. He slips away with the monster’s plan to reclaim the world.

Humanity’s days are numbered.

Every question on the philosophy map lives inside this book. The essays and parables are the argument; the novel is the experience.

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