El penúltimo sueño es el relato de un intenso primer amor que lo tiene todo en contra. Joan Dolgut y Soledad Urdaneta representan en la Europa de entreguerras su particular Romeo y Julieta. Joan, huido de España al término de la Guerra Civil, trabaja como camarero en un lujoso hotel de Cannes; Soledad es la bellísima hija de un millonario colombiano asentado en el hotel temporalmente.

Aunque a Joan le está prohibido siquiera mirar a tan especial huésped, el joven ya ha caído prendado de ella. Gracias a su destreza al piano podrá acceder a su intocable princesa, aunque los convencionalismos de la época rápidamente truncarán el sueño de amor eterno.

Sus vidas se convertirán en un permanente y dilatado sueño inacabado que sólo despertará al término de sus vidas, con un sorprendente final.

Lauren’s happy childhood on a farm in Minnesota is shattered after an assault during her teen years, and she retreats into her own world as America falls apart. Hers was the last generation to grow up before the economic collapse that followed the Corona pandemic.

Amidst roiling climate chaos, the government has been taken over by extremists, incompetents, and con-men who tear the country apart while clinging to power. Lauren is swept up in the madness when she falls for the wrong man. She’s looking for love and safety, but Bryan becomes distant and abusive as he obsesses over White Sharia and deepens his ties to the racist patriot militia group.

Lauren worries about the safety of her sister and nephew, who is mixed-race. Will Lauren escape from Bryan and keep her nephew safe from danger? In a world where values are tested and morality is unsettlingly murky, Lauren must break free from the constraints in her mind to protect her family.