The Dream inside the Nightmare · Book One
Some dreams are worth bleeding for. Some Nightmares are worth the pain
Announcements
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Sample announcement. Release date, formats, and where to buy will go here.
Sample announcement. A welcome note for new readers.
Sample announcement. Four songs written alongside the first book, now streaming below.
Books
An epic dark-fantasy series of bonded Seeds, elemental Radians, and the terrible price of power.
A plains-born smith with a spear, a short bow, and two scars he never asked for. A battle that nearly kills him, a desperate trek to Tower Peak, and four strange Seeds who choose him as their own: a foul-mouthed anemone, a mind-reading owl, a clumsy octopus, and a raven who loves the taste of blood a little too much.
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Excerpt I · Chapter [#]
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Excerpt II · Chapter [#]
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Beyond the door lie the tunnels, the cliff city of Bastion, and a world where practitioners bend elemental essences to everyday wonders, until a human goes fiend in the middle of the street. Caught between the kingdoms of Frieshe and Tolstren, Zeke must hide what he is, or lose the people who are starting to trust him.
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Sneak peek · Work in progress
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The Dream inside the Nightmare is only the first. New series and new worlds are taking shape. Join the list to hear about them first.
The World
Creatures of power who bond with a chosen few and speak, scheme, and fight beside them.
Water, Mind, Force, Life, Destruction, and more: the elemental essences practitioners draw upon.
What a practitioner becomes when balance is lost. The ever-present threat at the edge of every city.
A city built around ancient tunnels in a cliff face, where treasure-hunters still dig after centuries.
Characters
Book Two
Concept interpretations, subject to the author's revisions.
Music
Songs with lyrics written by me to help with inspiration during Book one. Each has great significance within the book as well as my life.
Track 01
Track 02
Track 03
Track 04
Music by Andrew Pepping, made with Suno.
General Updates
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About the Author
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Andrew Pepping writes dark fantasy about ordinary people handed extraordinary, dangerous power. Nightmare for a Martyr is his debut novel and the first book of The Dream inside the Nightmare. When he isn't writing, he's... (finish this sentence).
Lives in: [location] · Influences: [favorite authors]