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A man haunted by vivid dreams lives another life in a future world of love, political collapse, and catastrophic war that ends in tragedy.
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A dying traveler recounts terrifying recurring dreams where he lives as Hedon, a future political leader who abandons duty for love in a utopian Capri. As global tensions erupt into devastating futuristic war, he and his lover flee across a collapsing world. She is killed in battle, and he dies defending her body, only to awaken haunted by grief and unable to separate dream from reality.