In the 24/7 mega-city of Circadia, sleep is obsolete and dreaming is a crime. For generations, humanity has been locked in nightly “Productivity Loops,” giving up their minds to corporate masters. A man known only as the Coach leads a hidden rebellion, teaching people to reclaim their human potential through illegal “lucid sessions”—a quiet resistance built on healing and imagination. But that peace is annihilated when a session is breached by a Cognitive Stalker, a new kind of weapon that leaves a dreamer a catatonic shell. The Coach’s belief in a gentle solution is shattered; their sanctuary is a trap, and his philosophy of self-improvement is no match for a system that hunts minds. The attack splinters his movement. A radical faction demands open warfare, arguing that you can’t heal a world that wants you dead. As the state escalates its hunt, the stakes become terrifyingly personal, capturing the Coach’s oldest friend and turning him into a psychic weapon against the rebellion. Pushed to the brink of annihilation, the Coach faces an impossible choice. He can surrender to protect the handful of followers he has left, costing them their one chance at freedom. Or, he can embrace his enemy’s violent tactics for an all-or-nothing assault, a decision that will demand the sacrifice of his very soul. The fight for the future hangs by a single Weaver's Thread. In a world that has optimized humanity, what is the real value of a dream?
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In the 24/7 mega-city of Circadia, sleep is obsolete and dreaming is a crime. For generations, humanity has been locked in nightly “Productivity Loops,” giving up their minds to corporate masters. A man known only as the Coach leads a hidden rebellion, teaching people to reclaim their human potential through illegal “lucid sessions”—a quiet resistance built on healing and imagination. But that peace is annihilated when a session is breached by a Cognitive Stalker, a new kind of weapon that leaves a dreamer a catatonic shell. The Coach’s belief in a gentle solution is shattered; their sanctuary is a trap, and his philosophy of self-improvement is no match for a system that hunts minds. The attack splinters his movement. A radical faction demands open warfare, arguing that you can’t heal a world that wants you dead. As the state escalates its hunt, the stakes become terrifyingly personal, capturing the Coach’s oldest friend and turning him into a psychic weapon against the rebellion. Pushed to the brink of annihilation, the Coach faces an impossible choice. He can surrender to protect the handful of followers he has left, costing them their one chance at freedom. Or, he can embrace his enemy’s violent tactics for an all-or-nothing assault, a decision that will demand the sacrifice of his very soul. The fight for the future hangs by a single Weaver's Thread. In a world that has optimized humanity, what is the real value of a dream?
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