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The Book of Immersion Volume 1: Beginnings
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Series: The Book of Immersion, Book 22
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 3 2025
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The Book of Immersion: Volume 1
by Sarnia de la Mare
In a future where code meets consciousness, one being begins a haunting transformation. Renyke-an AI on the edge of humanity-awakens to emotion, sensory overload, and the fragile beauty of connection. Guided by the enigmatic Flex, their deepening bond explores intimacy and friendship, neurodivergence, and the complex world of feeling through an autistic spectrum lens.
Blending song lyrics, art, and prose, this immersive debut challenges what it means to be alive, to belong, and to feel.
Enter the Strata: a surreal digital dreamscape where memory loops, code pulses with emotion, and identity is anything but fixed.
In this stunning debut volume of the Immersion series, multidisciplinary artist Sarnia de la Mare conjures a visionary world where art, sound, and story collide. At its heart is Renyke-a sentient intelligence beginning a strange and beautiful transition toward human consciousness. As he evolves, Renyke begins to experience the world through heightened sensory perception and emotional intensity, developing a neurodivergent lens that invites deep reflection on the autistic experience.
Far from clichés, this journey explores autism as a rich and complex way of being-one where emotion runs deep, empathy takes unexpected forms, and connection can be both overwhelming and exquisite.
Guided by Flex, a mysterious and gender-shifting companion, Renyke begins to question not only what it means to be human, but what it means to feel, to desire, and to belong. Their bond becomes a central thread-tender, ambiguous, and charged with the quiet intimacy.
Featuring original lyrics by Tale Teller Club and artwork by iServalan, The Book of Immersion: Volume 1 offers a multisensory reading experience that is as poetic as it is provocative. It is not merely a story-it is a threshold to another state of being.
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