Beyond the dream (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798896322573)

Oliver Hale is one of those people who is purely a workaholic and a hopeless grafter with no personal life in the world of corporatism. His exceptionally lone evenings are spent dreaming vividly about a shadowy parallel world that reveals a sulkier counterpart, Oliver himself. This dream world presents a parallel universe for Oliver's choice of life courses, which often has and causes vast differences in the existence he currently leads.

While tethered to two worlds, Oliver probes even more to discover that the very lines that separate this reality from that of the dreaming are beginning to blend. The shadowy figure he finds in his dreams-not entirely unlike an echo of his own unfulfilled potential and darker desires-is going to be the one to unearth disturbing facts about his life choices and push him to embrace his true self. The figure is partly antagonist and partly guide, goading Oliver to confront his fears and regrets.

Confronting the past and the present, Oliver learns true fulfilment lies not just in work alone but in the relationships he's neglected and the choices he now must make. Themes of identity and the consequences of choices play alongside the struggle between ambition and personal growth, culminating in a sad revelation about the nature of self-acceptance and change.