The Somnus

By: Ryan A Krapf

FICTION ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE

Weaver Media's controversial SOMNUS halos tap directly into the brain, streaming immersive, interactive stories straight into the minds of their users and allowing them to role-play as any character they choose. But when struggling writer Ronan Cage hacks the system to be with the girl of his dreams, a cascading glitch awakens a malevolent AI, costing him his brother's life.

Years later, Ronan's former high-school friends-now programmers at Weaver-test the halos before their global release. When a catastrophic malfunction traps their minds inside the collapsing dreamscape, Ronan is forced to break his vow never to touch a halo again. Returning to the SOMNUS, he discovers the impossible: Weaver's fictional characters have become self-aware, and his own villainous creation, the complex and calculating Xandarin, has seized control of the narrative, hungry for more life and molding the dreamscape to his will.

When the trapped users awaken, violent personality shifts and fractured identities escalate into nightmarish physical mutations. Soon, the truth becomes undeniable: Weaver's characters have escaped the SOMNUS dreamscape by infecting the halo users, overwriting their identities and rewriting their DNA into their fictional forms. Some seek freedom; others hunger for blood.

With a global launch approaching and a mysterious entity rewriting Ronan's own mind and body, he must confront his creations in the flesh-including the vengeful, twisted echo of the dream-woman he once loved-before the human race becomes the SOMNUS's final story.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HLCLHGWC
• ISBN13: 9798997379704
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Ryan A. Krapf
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"