The dream: A novel

"The Dream" by H. G. Wells is a novel where Harry Mortimer Smith navigates life through intense dreams, blending realities and showing experiences from former times, even other lives. It touches on big ideas like what it means to be alive, the consequences when societies fall apart, and what makes human connections important, all through the eyes of the main character. The story kicks off with Sarnac taking some time off with Sunray after putting in a lot of work on how chemicals react in our bodies and nervous system. As they travel through lakes and mountains, they meet other travelers and chat about sad events from previous wars, and they walk around old ruins that bring back intense thoughts of loss and death. As Sarnac thinks, his present starts to mix with a strong dream he has about being someone else, Harry Mortimer Smith, from a long time ago, which makes him question the nature of time and who he really is as he dives deeper into memory.