Dreams Of Strata
Some dreams are too real. Some won’t let you wake up.
Ralph Kinison is a washed-up private investigator with nothing left but his cheap whiskey, a failing career, and a city that wants him dead. In 1970s Long Island, crime and corruption rule the streets, and a man like Ralph barely scrapes by.
But then he wakes up in Strata—a city unlike anything he’s ever seen. Towers of chrome touch the sky, rivers glow like molten gold, and suffering doesn’t seem to exist. It’s a perfect utopia, untouched by time or crime. It shouldn’t be real… but it feels more real than the world he’s trying to escape.
Each time he closes his eyes, he slips between the two realities—one rotting and broken, the other flawless but unsettling. Is Strata a dream? A hallucination? Or something far more dangerous?
As the mystery unfolds, Ralph discovers that utopia is never free. Something is bleeding through from Strata, and the deeper he digs, the more reality begins to crack. To survive, he must unravel a conspiracy that spans two worlds before both collapse around him.
A mind-bending noir thriller blending detective fiction, dystopian sci-fi, and existential mystery. If you love Philip K. Dick, cyberpunk noir, and reality-warping crime stories, Dreams of Strata will pull you in and never let go.
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