The Lucid Project

Book excerpt: John Somnus is the Chief Science Officer of the U.S. military who oversees a team of geneticists and biochemists with the goal of developing a serum that will allow the brain to build working memories while in a dream state. When John's research seems to hit a dead end, his eldest son Dorian joins his team with the plan of using his fathers resources to formulate a workable serum for his own benefit. Soon, strange phenomena begin to occur after Dorian decides to test his serum on himself, leading to his subconscious manifesting itself as a separate entity within his dreams. Soon, Dorian's world is turned upside down as he becomes a fugitive, having to constantly evade the nation's Secret Intelligence Agency and a malicious family rival, all while his dream world slowly bleeds into his reality.