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In Dremian
In Dremian, lives are emptied and memories replicated. A passing thought or an unconscious dream, an endless desert or a grain of sand, a forbidden city or an empty home—each stolen memory forms a room. With each new room, the impossible labyrinth of Dremian expands. In Dremian, thirteen-year-old Lina Boden awakens.
Accompanied by a telepathic shapeshifter with a tortured past, Lina wanders Dremian hunting for memories before they are lost forever, memories of a mother who lost connection with reality and a father who struggled to keep the family together through a series of bedtime stories about an ancient Chinese hunter on a quest to save a dying emperor.
Somewhere in the echoes of fading memories is a way out, though Lina must decide whether to seek it or stay in Dremian and erase her pain.
Accompanied by a telepathic shapeshifter with a tortured past, Lina wanders Dremian hunting for memories before they are lost forever, memories of a mother who lost connection with reality and a father who struggled to keep the family together through a series of bedtime stories about an ancient Chinese hunter on a quest to save a dying emperor.
Somewhere in the echoes of fading memories is a way out, though Lina must decide whether to seek it or stay in Dremian and erase her pain.
258 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 30, 2018
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December 4, 2024
A friend found In Dremian sitting on the checkout counter of a used bookstore and inquired about it. The owner said he had no idea what to do with it (possibly because the ISBN is not on the barcode and it has almost no online footprint), so they gave her the book. She eventually got around to reading it, and DNF'd it after one page because it was “too weird” for her. She then asked if I wanted to read it and tell her about it. I was down for a weird/mysterious book, so I took a chance.
What surprised me was that the description is NOT what this book is about. Sure, it sums up the basics regarding how Dremian works, but the story is much deeper. The main focus is on thirteen year old Lina as she deals with her mother’s sudden onset of a seemingly untreatable (and undefined) mental illness. As her mother worsens, Lina’s family begins to fall apart. The story weaves between a bewildered Lina as she travels through Dremian and her crumbling home life as her deepening depression devolves into self harm. There are sections of this story that are gut wrenching and left me feeling truly grateful for the people I love.
It turns out two friends wrote this together as a passion project, which is awesome. It’s a shame this book has gone unnoticed and I thank the authors for taking the time and effort to self publish this work. The novel isn’t perfect, but it’s ambitious and original. They should be proud of what they’ve created.
What surprised me was that the description is NOT what this book is about. Sure, it sums up the basics regarding how Dremian works, but the story is much deeper. The main focus is on thirteen year old Lina as she deals with her mother’s sudden onset of a seemingly untreatable (and undefined) mental illness. As her mother worsens, Lina’s family begins to fall apart. The story weaves between a bewildered Lina as she travels through Dremian and her crumbling home life as her deepening depression devolves into self harm. There are sections of this story that are gut wrenching and left me feeling truly grateful for the people I love.
It turns out two friends wrote this together as a passion project, which is awesome. It’s a shame this book has gone unnoticed and I thank the authors for taking the time and effort to self publish this work. The novel isn’t perfect, but it’s ambitious and original. They should be proud of what they’ve created.
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