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Waking the Dreamer Kindle Edition

by K. Aten (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 87 ratings
By the end of the 21st century, the world had become a harsh place. After decades of natural and man-made catastrophes, nations fell, populations shifted, and seventy percent of the continents became uninhabitable without protective suits. Technological advancement strode forward faster than ever and it was the only thing that kept human society steady through it all. No one could have predicted the discovery of the Dream Walkers. They were people born with the ability to leave their bodies at will, unseen by the waking world. Having the potential to become ultimate spies meant the remaining government regimes wanted to study and control them. The North American government, under the leadership of General Rennet, demanded that all Dream Walkers join the military program. For any that refused to comply, they were hunted down and either brainwashed or killed.

The very first Dream Walker discovered was a five year old girl named Julia. And when the soldiers came for her at the age of twenty, she was already hidden away. A decade later found Julia living a new life under the government's radar. As a secure tech courier in the capital city of Chicago, she does her job and the rest of her time avoids other people as much as she is able. The moment she agrees to help another fugitive Walker is when everything changes. Now the government wants them both and they'll stop at nothing to get what they want.


✒ Winner of the 2019 Golden Crown Literary Society Goldie award in the Science Fiction / Fantasy category ✒
✒ Winner of the 2018-2019 Rainbow Award for F/F Alternative Universe/Reality & Sci-Fi / Futuristic ✒
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"Waking the Dreamer is a dystopian sci-fi with a twist ending that will leave you mind-blown and wanting more. How safe are your dreams?"

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Award winning author writing heroines into existence one genre at a time.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07DQQFT84
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Regal Crest Enterprises
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 29, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 422 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 262 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1619293830
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    4.4 out of 5 stars 87 ratings

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K. Aten

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Award winning author and Michigan native, Kelly Aten brings heroines to life in a variety of blended sapphic fiction genres. She specializes in speculative fiction romance, focusing on extra-ordinary women who are as flawed as they are compelling.

Award winning novels:

✒ Waking the Dreamer

​✒ Burn It Down

✒ Remember Me, Synthetica

✒ ​Elemental Attraction

Please see my website, Amazon, or anywhere my books are sold for book descriptions & updates.

My handle is katenauthor everywhere, including Linktree.

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Customers find the book insightful, with one review noting its detailed worldbuilding. The pacing receives positive feedback, with one customer highlighting the intense first-person narrative and non-stop action scenes. Customers appreciate the character development and writing quality, with one describing it as a top-notch read.

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7 customers mention "Insight"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the book insightful, with individual reviews highlighting its detailed worldbuilding, intriguing concepts, and profound inspiration.

"...Wow. The characters are great. The pace intense. The concepts are intriguing. I love it. Can't wait to read it again!" Read more

"...I got a kick out of the details which are always an important part of these dystopian landscapes...." Read more

"...The premise is novel and full of wisdom. The romance is exciting. Altogether pretty nearly perfect." Read more

"...must be a genius because her writing is very scientific and extremely insightful...." Read more

6 customers mention "Pacing"6 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the pacing of the book, with one review highlighting its detailed and gritty action scenes, while another notes its top-notch scene pacing.

"...to compress a whole new near future clifi story into an intense 1st person narrative. Wow. The characters are great. The pace intense...." Read more

"...Non-stop action after that point. Top notch read. An aside, I loved that Julia and Niko keep quoting favorite passages to each other...." Read more

"...While it is fast moving and includes quality action scenes, for me the heart of this is opening a larger vision of how rich a spectrum human..." Read more

"First off this was freaky but what a story, I couldn't put it down. Jules and Niko are great character's . I Aten has such a great imagination...." Read more

4 customers mention "Character development"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book.

"...Wow. The characters are great. The pace intense. The concepts are intriguing. I love it. Can't wait to read it again!" Read more

"...Jules and Niko are great character's . I Aten has such a great imagination...." Read more

"...The worldbuilding is sufficiently detailed, and the character development is mostly believable. Cons: Editing, dialogue, and ending...." Read more

"Action, Dystopian World, Very Cool Main Characters..." Read more

3 customers mention "Writing quality"3 positive0 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book, with one describing it as a top-notch read.

"...Non-stop action after that point. Top notch read. An aside, I loved that Julia and Niko keep quoting favorite passages to each other...." Read more

"...In real life, K. Aten must be a genius because her writing is very scientific and extremely insightful...." Read more

"...I Aten has such a great imagination. It well written and I will say I had no problem following the story line...." Read more

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  • Margaret Snow
    5.0 out of 5 stars K Aten grabbed my mind, manipulated it and now I sit slammed back in my present,whiplashed.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2023
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    An amazing creative story. The author managed to compress a whole new near future clifi story into an intense 1st person narrative. Wow. The characters are great. The pace intense. The concepts are intriguing. I love it. Can't wait to read it again!
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  • badDog4
    5.0 out of 5 stars Action, Dystopian World, Very Cool Main Characters
    Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2024
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    I am so glad that I finally read this book. My kind of story.

    It’s the end of the 21st century and the world is damaged. The air is unbreathable without apparatus. People’s freedoms are limited. A general and his evil scientists keep a stranglehold on the population. Julia is just a tech courier by night in the capital city of Chicago. But secretly, she has the power to dream walk, to project her self beyond her body and even affect the outside world in this altered state. I got a kick out of the details which are always an important part of these dystopian landscapes. When she teams up with another Walker, Niko, the book takes it up a notch. Their relationship is intense which complicates everything for a loner like Julia. Non-stop action after that point. Top notch read. An aside, I loved that Julia and Niko keep quoting favorite passages to each other. Bookworms’ love language.
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  • D.M.E
    4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 awesome stars
    Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2018
    This story is told in first person and completely from Jules/Julia’s point of view. She is a delightful character so it’s no hardship being in her head, literally, for the entire book.

    The author has created an epic journey that had me reflecting on the future, and all that might entail. The thought of having to wear suits because temperatures are out of control, and breathers for air supply, wasn’t too far out there not to be believable, which is something I struggle with in sci-fi stories.

    The budding relationship between Niko and Jules was just as epic. I loved them together, and while this story is more of an adventure than a romantic interlude, there’s a perfect amount of spice that will appeal to readers who enjoy a bit of heat.

    As per the blurb, the story ends with a twist. For a while I thought that twist was Niko’s mother. I was sorely mistaken. I feel readers will either love the ending, or perhaps feel let down. I fall into the latter category, hence four stars and not five.

    Despite my misgivings in regards to the ending, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this story and am sure many readers will find themselves riveted to the pages.
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  • Charley Kopp
    5.0 out of 5 stars A moving and very original story, profoundly inspiring....
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2018
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    Waking the Dreamer is something Niko does for Julia, an awakening to life and love, but this is only the first layer of the title of this book. While it is fast moving and includes quality action scenes, for me the heart of this is opening a larger vision of how rich a spectrum human connection can be, for Niko and Julia, and for all of us. The premise is novel and full of wisdom. The romance is exciting. Altogether pretty nearly perfect.
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  • Peggy Michmershuizen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2021
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    Another brilliant novel by K. Aten! I could not put this book down. In the story, Niko is a genius. In real life, K. Aten must be a genius because her writing is very scientific and extremely insightful. I also, Loved how K. Aten incorporated quotes from other books between her two main characters. It was another piece of Brilliance! . I personally had a hard time with Chapter 18 because I have gone through a very similar experience. While reading Chapter 18, I could understand other parts of the book. Again - Brilliant!!! Now I am ready to read "Remember me Synthetica."
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Freaky but wow
    Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2020
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    First off this was freaky but what a story, I couldn't put it down. Jules and Niko are great character's . I Aten has such a great imagination. It well written and I will say I had no problem following the story line. I will say the ending was the freaky part but again it's on so good and I look forward to reading more of her work. Do I have a problem recommending this book, no problems read it you will like it. I did.
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  • Lindsay Griffin
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good read!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2020
    Imaginative and detailed, definitely didn’t see the ending coming
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  • TJB
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018
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    Sometimes sci-fi is a *little* too close to home. In this dystopian outlook we've a world built around the fall of environmental controls as well as a government that's devolved into military leadership. Isolationist Julia Thule is a corp tech courier with a secret. She's the most sought after person in North America.

    This is Aten's fourth published novel and here she's spread her wings into the sci-fi genre easily. Scene pacing is top notch, the action is detailed and gritty, and she really makes you root for the connections Julia makes as she opens up her universe of one.

    This isn't a rainbows and unicorns novel. You can read it at the beach if you want, but I wouldn't recommend it if you're looking to relax. It has a tendency to grab you by the front collar and not let you go till the end. Which I'd like to add has quite a twist. It's definitely a 'thinkers' ending.

    I highly, highly recommend this novel. It's one of the best novel's I've read all year.
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  • Sabrina
    4.0 out of 5 stars awesome book but frustrating
    Reviewed in Canada on May 2, 2020
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    i saw the book recommended on tumblr, checked the premise and read the sample on my kindle. immediately bought it, started reading and finished in one sitting. it was everything i love in good lesbian fiction, intense emotion, high stakes and a plot that does not feel like rinse and repeat. hard to find sometimes. not sure if the following statement warrants a spoiler warning it does not contain plot points: it would get 6/5 stars if i was solely rating the "first" 93% of the story. but the ending was so unsatisfying i wanted to fling my kindle across the room
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  • Toadattoadhall
    5.0 out of 5 stars All too believable
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2020
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    I read this the day before the US election and as the results were coming in. The dystopian view of the future is all too believable with a foundation in Trump’s re-election. I really enjoyed the description of the world in the near future and the effects this has on the people who have to live through it, even though it is degraded to to the point where life becomes almost impossible.
    I am a sucker for stories involving people with empathic ability where it is possible to talk mind to mind. If you enjoy this type of story the Alsean series by Fletcher DeLancey is worth a read. They both have a similar feel and a thoroughly enjoyable.
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  • Lianne
    4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely romance in a dystopian sci-fi world!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2019
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    I really enjoyed this book - it was set in a dystopian world, had sci-fi elements (I love Dream Walkers abilities so much - I wish I could be one!), and most importantly it had romance. I think the only thing that dampened my enjoyment somewhat was my own expectation. I expected it to be an action packed dytopian sci-fi adventure, and whilst it has elements of all those things, it is first and foremost a romance. With that in mind I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves these genres but just needs a bit of romance in their lives. It certainly makes for an exciting and thought provoking read.
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  • BH
    4.0 out of 5 stars Really good
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2021
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    Really good, I enjoyed it. A bit slow in the middle but the end was worth it.
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