In The City of the Nightmare King
Plagued by strange nightmares, a young man named Ryan is thrust into a hidden world of wizards, secret organizations, and terrifying entities. When a ritual to deal with bullies goes awry, Ryan and his friend Alison are kidnapped by the Marduk Institute, a place that reveals reality is a clockwork mechanism visible only to wizards. As Ryan navigates this new world, befriending the mysterious Blake and the captivating Hunter, he learns the truth about his powers and the terrifying 'Sandman' that stalks his dreams, setting off a chain of events that blurs the line between dreams and reality and threatens to consume everything he holds dear.
The sterile white room of the Marduk Institute feels like a cage. Just days ago, you were a normal high school student in Chicago. Now, you’re a “wizard,” whatever that means, ripped from your life and told you can never go back.
The only familiar face is Alison, your best friend, equally lost and scared. You learned about “the vivit apparatus,” golden threads connecting everything, visible only to people like you.
Then there’s the Sandman, a creature from your nightmares now bleeding into reality, and Hunter, whose bright eyes offer a glimmer of hope in this strange, dangerous place.
