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Dream Farmers #2
The Pocket Factory
What makes you so sure you were ever living in reality to begin with?
Following the dramatic events of Sun Cream For Bees , the formidable Emperor Daeven finds himself incapacitated by the mysterious workings of the God of Dreams. For the people of Drabostia, this news could not have come at a worse time. War with Mach is inevitable, and the political landscape of Utrudaf has never been so uncertain.
Theo, still trapped in this otherworldly realm, has finally begun to accept the nature of his new reality. Yet, his journey takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself being led to the end of the world. Meanwhile, back in Theo's own realm, Ophelia becomes acquainted with Theo's family, but when the enigmatic David shows up, she soon learns of the existence of a peculiar factory, revealing a world far more complex than she ever imagined.
Within the realm of dreams, Rainier is at war with his conflicting desires, but things grow far more complicated when he begins to realise that his control over his domain may not be as absolute as he once believed.
In the Kingdom of Mach, King Andar Venrope faces great turmoil as prophetic dreams foretell his impending demise. Determined to defy fate, he becomes increasingly erratic in his actions. But with war on the horizon, and a potential uprising on his hands, challenging destiny proves to be an arduous task.
The Pocket Factory is the second entry in the Dream Farmers series, and the story is told from ten diverse alternating points of view.
Following the dramatic events of Sun Cream For Bees , the formidable Emperor Daeven finds himself incapacitated by the mysterious workings of the God of Dreams. For the people of Drabostia, this news could not have come at a worse time. War with Mach is inevitable, and the political landscape of Utrudaf has never been so uncertain.
Theo, still trapped in this otherworldly realm, has finally begun to accept the nature of his new reality. Yet, his journey takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself being led to the end of the world. Meanwhile, back in Theo's own realm, Ophelia becomes acquainted with Theo's family, but when the enigmatic David shows up, she soon learns of the existence of a peculiar factory, revealing a world far more complex than she ever imagined.
Within the realm of dreams, Rainier is at war with his conflicting desires, but things grow far more complicated when he begins to realise that his control over his domain may not be as absolute as he once believed.
In the Kingdom of Mach, King Andar Venrope faces great turmoil as prophetic dreams foretell his impending demise. Determined to defy fate, he becomes increasingly erratic in his actions. But with war on the horizon, and a potential uprising on his hands, challenging destiny proves to be an arduous task.
The Pocket Factory is the second entry in the Dream Farmers series, and the story is told from ten diverse alternating points of view.
445 pages, Paperback
Published July 25, 2023
About the author
Alexander Graeme
3 books3 followersBorn in Scotland in 1997, Alexander Graeme has always been drawn to the unconventional - stories that twist, baffle, unsettle, and linger in the mind. A writer of many forms, he has written fantasy, literary fiction, poetry, and also short stories of various genres, weaving together introspection, surrealism, and raw emotion. His creative pursuits extend to filmmaking, where he has crafted various short films across comedy, horror, and thriller genres.
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August 2, 2025
Okay so first of all, Mr Graeme - please tell me a sequel is coming out to this book?! The cliffhanger has made me emotionally unstable!
I said in my review for Sun cream for bees, it was nearly a 5/5 and could be retroactively made so depending on this book. Well both are a solid 5/5 but I need more or I will have to mark them lower as there’s so much left unsaid.
What The Pocket Factory does so well is make all the stories feel cared about and have interesting characters. What this book also does so well is make the protagonist feel as we’ve ventured with them for years, not just over two books. Once again Theo and Dimia are my standouts but I also loved Beeolt, the last chapter of his was some of my favourite reading.
The two main antagonists are also brilliant. You have Andar who from my view is a sympathetic antagonist, battling right vs wrong and trying to move away from legacies. Then Vaeril is pure evil and when you think there’s a chance of redemption, it’s taken.
This series is wonderful, with a lot of thought and care to its lore without simplifying it for the reader but adding enough mystique that you clamour for more. On that note, I need to know how this all ends because there’s so much left to discover!
I said in my review for Sun cream for bees, it was nearly a 5/5 and could be retroactively made so depending on this book. Well both are a solid 5/5 but I need more or I will have to mark them lower as there’s so much left unsaid.
What The Pocket Factory does so well is make all the stories feel cared about and have interesting characters. What this book also does so well is make the protagonist feel as we’ve ventured with them for years, not just over two books. Once again Theo and Dimia are my standouts but I also loved Beeolt, the last chapter of his was some of my favourite reading.
The two main antagonists are also brilliant. You have Andar who from my view is a sympathetic antagonist, battling right vs wrong and trying to move away from legacies. Then Vaeril is pure evil and when you think there’s a chance of redemption, it’s taken.
This series is wonderful, with a lot of thought and care to its lore without simplifying it for the reader but adding enough mystique that you clamour for more. On that note, I need to know how this all ends because there’s so much left to discover!
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