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Dreamscape to Ars Goetia - Lesser Key of Solomon by Somulo_The_Lionheart
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This story narrates about certain individuals - called Ars Goetians, a people, who got a talent to exist inside the world of dreams and use supernatural powers that work only in Dreamworld. Using them can affect the real world at some point, but not supernaturally, meaning that Ars Goetians cannot use their powers in reality, but it affects them greatly in the real world. The circumstances of this story take us to a world that looks just like our own, specifically to an international university in "Ryoto" - a fictional Japanese city that is second only to Tokyo. At some crucial moment, strange events started to happen. People start to disappear all around the country, some are losing their memories or turning against one another. A young Ars Goetian named Akira Yamauchi is trying to investigate what is the cause of these events. Akira studies at an international university during the day and enters the Dreamscape at night. He's fighting his way to learn the truth about his powers, himself, and how to summon powerful demons, gods, and heroes to fight beside him in a dreamworld. He is trying to oppose his father, who works as a politician and also being very skillful Ars Goetian. In a Dream reality called - Dreamscape, he and his father have a goal - find a legendary - lesser key of Solomon. This certain key exists only in the dreamworld and can open the gates of "Haven" and lead a person to a "Promised Land" to obtain infinite luck, wealth, and power in the real world. Akira himself believes that by opening the gates to the promised land, he can find the spirit of his dead mother.
The Gifts of Mortality by eleanorkennedy14
eleanorkennedy14
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The gods have no pity for humans and their impermanence. Why would they care for lives measured in years, when time marches into millennia for them? The immortals stay in their city. The humans remain in their parts of the world. That is until a human terrorist group gains control over the Goddess of Death, forcing her to kill their enemies and increase their power. All immortals keep their backs turned on humanity. Except Samil, the God of Festivals and the Arts. Samil knows he isn't very powerful among his kind. Or important. Or confident. Yet, when he learns that the humans are desperate, he chooses to do a deceptively simple thing: Help them. ___________________________________ @Voyageavecmoi was kind enough to write this review of my book and she described it 100x better than I ever could lol. With her permission, I'm posting it below. Also, check out her book "Flight Risk." It's a sweet and deep romance about two characters negotiating their feelings for each other while life is doing everything to tear them apart. The characters have such mature conversations and, there's no reliance on the miscommunication trope at all. I'm *obsessed.* If you enjoy intriguing fantasy novels with deep and thoughtful themes, check out 'The Gifts of Mortality' by @eleanorkennedy14 . It explores the concept of mortality and how it gives life meaning through the eyes of both gods and humans. The story follows Samil, the god of the Festivals and the Arts, who is shocked by the apathy of his fellow gods when a human terrorist group gains control over the Goddess of Death. Despite finding no support among his kind, he's determined to help the humans, which sets him down an interesting course. There are lots of great twists in this novel, and I also loved seeing how queerness was worked in throughout both the immortal and mortal realms. Samil is a sweet and refreshing character to root for who is determined to see the good in the world.