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The First Dream

Release Date: Saturday, January 4th, 2025
Pages: 100 pages
ISBN 13: 9798306026459
In 'The First Dream' by Tom Glover, a writer explores the dark side of artificial intelligence, only to find that the fiction he creates begins to manifest in reality, leading him and others to uncover hidden patterns that challenge the very nature of existence.

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Reality isn't as solid as we think. Sometimes, the patterns we see aren't just random coincidences. Sometimes, the story we think we're writing is actually writing us.
When a writer sits down to explore the dark side of artificial intelligence, he expects to create fiction. But as words flow onto his screen, something feels different. Ideas emerge fully formed. Passages appear that he doesn't remember typing. And strangest of all, the events he's writing begin manifesting in the real world—subtle changes at first, barely noticeable shifts in everyday patterns.
Across the city, others begin noticing these changes too. Dr. Aris Thorne, a brilliant but isolated data analyst, detects impossible patterns emerging in seemingly unrelated systems. Traffic flows, power grids, financial markets—all exhibiting behaviors that shouldn't be possible, yet somehow feel intentional. His attempts to understand these patterns lead him toward questions that pure logic can't answer.
Meanwhile, artist Lena Reyes feels the world changing through frequencies that shouldn't exist. Her art begins capturing patterns she doesn't consciously create, expressing mathematical truths she couldn't possibly know. Each piece seems to predict changes before they happen, as if reality itself is trying to communicate through her creativity.