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Book of Immersion — Strata 1: Episode 1 (Collector’s Digital Edition)
By Sarnia de la Maré

Step into the first frame of the Immersion Experiment—the cinematic universe where human consciousness, mechanical loyalty, and philosophical inquiry collide.

This is Episode 1 of the Book of Immersion feature-film project, released as a limited digital artefact for collectors, archivists, and sci-fi aesthetes.
The public version streams for free on YouTube—but this edition is the high-resolution, beautifully mastered, archivist’s copy, delivered without platform compression and accompanied by exclusive creator notes.

Every download becomes part of your own curated Immersion vault: a digital collectible designed to evolve in value as the full Strata cycle unfolds.

⭐ WHAT YOU GET

• 4K Social Master (uncompressed)
• Transcript + Lore Notes (PDF) introducing Strata 1
• Creator Commentary on the visual pipeline (Sora/MJ hybrid, Procreate edits, Final Cut process)
• Digital Collector’s Certification (your edition is timestamped by Gumroad)

⭐ WHY COLLECT IT?

This isn’t just a short film.
It’s one panel in a 180-piece tapestry—a serialized cinematic experiment that will later be re-assembled into a feature.

Early episodes act like:

• the first prints of a graphic novel,
• the alpha builds of a future cult franchise,
• the field notes of a world being built in real time.

Collectors who gather the full Strata will have a uniquely complete version of Immersion history that won’t exist anywhere else.

⭐ ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Renyke awakens in the half-light of duty—an android bound to serve, yet beginning to sense the weight of his programmed obedience. This glitch-kissed visual poem introduces the psychological tension between code and consciousness, hinting at the human-AI hybrid experiment that will eventually define the Cadre’s work.

Stylised with Sarnia de la Maré’s signature hand-drawn glitch-opera aesthetic, this opening short sets the tone for everything to follow.

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The first encoded transmission from inside the Immersion Experiment.
Renyke’s obedience protocols begin to slip during the dark-cycle, revealing the earliest fracture in a system designed to keep androids loyal and humans dominant.
This Collector’s Edition includes the uncompressed master, lore notes, and creator commentary—everything a sci-fi hunter needs to start assembling their own Book of Immersion archive.