Only in a Dream

Seventeen-year-old Jalen Cross has spent five years refusing to dream. The last dream he trusted came before his mother died.Then a silver mark appears on his wrist. His thirteen-year-old sister, Nia, begins drawing places she has never seen, and an abandoned train station opens doors into lives that have not yet happened.Inside the dream world, every choice becomes a road. Jalen can see futures where Nia is safe, futures where she disappears, and futures where the people he loves become strangers. The more he tries to control the outcome, the more his need to protect Nia threatens to take away her freedom.When a mysterious staircase spreads through the dreams of millions, sleepers enter a city built from their deepest hopes and losses. Some find the people they have mourned. Others discover perfect lives they may never want to leave.To bring everyone home, Jalen must accept the truth he has spent years avoiding: love cannot choose another person's future.Only in a Dream is an emotional young adult fantasy about grief, family, first love, impossible choices, and the courage to wake up and live.

Seventeen-year-old Jalen Cross has spent five years refusing to dream. The last dream he trusted came before his mother died.Then a silver mark appears on his wrist. His thirteen-year-old sister, Nia, begins drawing places she has never seen, and an abandoned train station opens doors into lives that have not yet happened.Inside the dream world, every choice becomes a road. Jalen can see futures where Nia is safe, futures where she disappears, and futures where the people he loves become strangers. The more he tries to control the outcome, the more his need to protect Nia threatens to take away her freedom.When a mysterious staircase spreads through the dreams of millions, sleepers enter a city built from their deepest hopes and losses. Some find the people they have mourned. Others discover perfect lives they may never want to leave.To bring everyone home, Jalen must accept the truth he has spent years avoiding: love cannot choose another person's future.Only in a Dream is an emotional young adult fantasy about grief, family, first love, impossible choices, and the courage to wake up and live.