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Shaken by the lies of his origin and fighting the darkness in his heart, Ambert is led by his biological mother’s journal and his violin, unsure if he has the Dreamer spirit. With his friends depending on him, he must interpret the journal’s words and sort through his insecurities to escape the Commander’s clutches.

To make a change in their dreamless world, these siblings have to start breaking the rules. Calista Knight is too curious for her own good, and being an asthmatic in a school training strategists and soldiers is tough as it is. Bracing for a new year of challenging academics and constant bullying at Fortress Military Academy, she only wants to make friends. She never expected to learn about dreams in the process.

Ambert and Calista Knight live in a world where the arts, magic, dreams, and creativity are banned. They're the son and daughter of The Regime's Head of Regulation Enforcement and they are no stranger to the rules that surround them. An asthmatic girl with a curious mind, Calista braces herself for a new year at Fortress Military Academy. Facing challenging academics and constant bullying, Calista's looking to make new friends and discover more about the arts and magic that her county has banned. No stranger to trouble, Ambert walks a thin line.

Creativity is a crime. Arts are atrocities. Disobedience means death. Dreams, creativity, and magic are all gone under a single order. Banned from the things that make you different, people must conform to a dull and practical lifestyle. The daughter of the Regime's head executioner is expected to follow in his footsteps, but 14-year-old Calista Knight is curious about creativity and dreams. When the new boy, Wes, encourages Calista to stop taking the medicine preventing dreams and introduces her to creativity, a new life opens up to her.

Heroes are rising. Rivalries are formed. Music is a force for change. In the shadows of the Regime, a magical champion appears! Haruko Tanaka isn't someone you'd expect to be magical—she's a geeky, manga-loving game-designer living under the roof of The Regime's finest contraband burners. When The Commander appears under her roof claiming she can be part of a program to turn her into a magical girl, she jumps at the chance to be like her fictional heroes! But reality is often different from fiction.