Blurb
All
Saxon Zynn wanted to do was dream, not for himself, but for everyone.
Back in 2037, Saxon stated, ‘Dreaming is a reality to be
experienced.' A decade of research later and his Dream Immersion
technology is poised to become the major entertainment medium of the
21st century, but will unforeseen obstacles prevent him from
achieving his purpose?
Dream
Phaze is about the inception of engineered dreams and the
evolution of indulgence. Set at the crossroads of alternative
realities in the near future, it plunges into a world where every
human desire, no matter how heroic or evil, can be fulfilled…
dreaming just became an adventure.
Excerpt
Twilight
was ending as night beat day and engulfed the barren landscape. They
gingerly entered the water.
‘It’s
stinging my legs, Saxon. What’s that smell?’
‘Sulphur.
Under no circumstances should we dive, splash, or put our faces into
the water,’ Saxon instructed. ‘Unusual tactile sensation; it’s
sort of thick and soupy. What’s your pain threshold on?’
‘I’m
on three,’ Kris said.
‘Me
too,’ Wendy confirmed. ‘I shouldn’t have shaved my legs this
morning.’
‘Don’t
go in too far, you might have trouble putting your feet back down on
the bottom.’
The
three of them lolled in the dense Dead Sea water, looking up at the
burgeoning night sky. Small foam bean pillows supported their heads.
‘So,
besides the floating sensation, stinging cuts, and the danger of
swallowing this muck, what are we doing here, Saxon?’
‘Relax,
Kris, enjoy the experience for a moment, we have time. Notice there
are very few sounds here.’ Saxon heard someone entering the water
behind him, but didn’t look back.
‘Hello,
Saxon.’
He
instantly recognised her voice. ‘Evening, Lena,’ he smiled.
‘Hi,
Lena,’ Wendy chimed in.
‘Lovely
night for a dip.’ Lena waded into the water beside Saxon and
reclined.
‘Look
up there,’ Kris pointed at a faint glow in the eastern quadrant of
the night sky. ‘Meteoroid?’ The radiance grew in intensity,
then an abrupt flash exploded into flares rippling out like
fireworks.
‘Exploding
meteoroid,’ Wendy agreed, watching tens of thousands of shooting
stars pepper the heavens. ‘Spectacular!’
‘Wow,
it’s beautiful,’ Lena whispered, as the sound wave touched them
with a faint crack.
‘About
13,000 years ago, just north of this region,’ Saxon explained,
‘early nomadic tribes, hunter gatherers, began staying put in the
one place. They collected plants, animal meat and skins, and settled
down around their larder to became hunter collectors.’
The
others bobbed, mesmerised by the light show above as they listened to
Saxon’s lecture-style storytelling.
‘At
that time, a sizable meteoroid entered the atmosphere and exploded
into a massive meteorite storm covering almost a third of the
planet.’
‘So,
we’re going to have meteorites rain down on us?’ Wendy asked.
‘One
theory goes, this event changed the planet forever,’ Saxon
continued. ‘It helped initiate a 1300-year cold period that wiped
out the megafauna across North America. Tonight, we will be
re-testing the–’
‘Involuntary
death exit protocol,’ Kris finished.
‘Correct.’
‘I
don’t know, Saxon,’ Wendy said, concerned. ‘Being hit by a
meteorite is not my idea of entertainment.’
About
the Author
Matt
lives in Sydney, Australia and works as a course developer and writer
in the Community Services sector.
'This
narrative began as a short story in 2014. Over subsequent years it
evolved through several plot, character and title iterations until
Dream Phaze emerged as an episodic series published online in 2018.
These episodes, collectively known as Germination, are now an ebook.
Dream
Phaze - Imagination, the second ebook in the series, will be released
in September 2020.
Matt
is a member of the Australian Society of Authors and Alliance of
Independent Authors.
Dream
Phaze website: http://www.dreamphaze.com
Buy
Dream Phaze – Germination here: https://books2read.com/dreamphaze1
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/dreamphaze/
Twitter:
https://www.twitter.com/dreamphaze1
11 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Hello, Matt,
Welcome to Beyond Romance. I found your media kit very enigmatic... which I guess is good, since you want to keep readers guessing.
Hope the tour goes very well.
Very suspenseful!
Thank you so much for the shout out Lisabet! Interesting word enigmatic...always keep them guessing.
Your book sounds really intriguing and good.
Interesting concept--futuristic, yet imaginable.
WOO I LOVE THANKS!
Interesting blurb and excerpt.
Sounds interesting.
Thank you for your feedback.
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