Book Recap
Tower of Somnus Book 1 Recap & Catch-Up Guide
Book 1 Recap· Released
Catching up for Book 2? Here is everything you need to remember from Book 1. →
- Status
- Unverified
- Published Volumes
- 6
- Narrator
- Andrea Parsneau
- Primer Read Time
- ~1 min
TL;DR
Aliens of the Galactic Consensus embargo human technology but open the Tower of Somnus, a game played in sleep whose powers carry into waking life. Corporate employee Katherine 'Kat' Debs takes a chance to enter the Tower outside corporate control (Goodreads blurb, paraphrased).
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I · The Main Plot
Where We Start
Alien members of the Galactic Consensus arrive at Earth, judge humanity unfit to trade advanced technology, and impose an embargo (Goodreads blurb).
Major Plot Points & Spoilers
- They grant humans access to the Tower of Somnus, a multiplayer game played while sleeping (Goodreads blurb).
- Players keep the powers they earn in the game when they wake (Goodreads blurb).
- The aim is to teach humanity good behaviour through play (Goodreads blurb).
- Katherine 'Kat' Debs, a hereditary megacorporation employee in a glittering arcology, dreams of buying her freedom (Goodreads blurb).
- She gets a chance to enter the Tower outside corporate control and takes it, knowing it could make or break her (Goodreads blurb).
Where the Book Leaves Off
The blurb ends on Kat's gamble. Book 2 opens with her having defeated her enemies and earned a large sum of credits (Goodreads Book 2 description).
II · Characters & Personal Progression
Romantic & Personal Status
The publisher blurb does not record a romance for this volume, so none is stated here.
Inner Circle Check-In
- Katherine 'Kat' Debs: A hereditary corporate employee who enters the Tower independently to buy her freedom (Goodreads blurb).
Key New Faces & Factions
Alien members who judge humanity unfit for advanced technology and open the Tower (Goodreads blurb).
Kat's employer, which controls her life (Goodreads blurb).
III · End-of-Book Stats & Power Gains
Dao / Path / Class Evolution
Kat's path runs through the Tower of Somnus, where powers earned in-game persist when she wakes (Goodreads blurb).
Major Skill & Body Gains
- Access to the Tower outside corporate control (Goodreads blurb).
- Powers that persist after waking (Goodreads blurb).
IV · Extras: Empire, Gear & World State
Territory & Faction Upgrades
None. Kat is a hereditary corporate employee living in an arcology (Goodreads blurb).
Ticking Clocks
- The technology embargo remains in place (Goodreads blurb).
- The megacorporation controls Kat's life (Goodreads blurb).
- The Tower could make or break her (Goodreads blurb).
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