Astral Land Volume I is a fantasy novel that combines elements of Indonesian archipelago with a fantasy life.
This novel itself is a series of recitations that tells the journey of a young man named Reno Prayuda adventuring in another dimension called "Astral Land".
Reno is a 16-year-old boy who comes from a couple of farm families located in bintang village. A boy who come from remote villages are crazy with the world of fantasy, supernatural and martial arts since childhood.
The Youth was born from a poor farmer family which caused him to never have enough money to buy things he liked.
But this has never been an obstacle to Reno, in order to satisfy his thirst for the fantasy world, he was willing to save money to get his favorite fantasy books.
The money he managed to collect was then often used to buy books he liked.
One day, Reno and his Father went to sell agricultural crop in the city, the young man took time to enter a mysterious bookstore to buy a book he had been dreaming of - titled "out of body experience".
The book that the young man just bought turned out to provide a practical step to exit his subtle body from the physical body to explore other dimensions.
Reno diligently practiced the steps presented in the book and surprisingly the young man managed to find his consciousness ("subtle body") located outside his physical body.
In addition to successfully removing his subtle body, Reno also accidentally managed to find a portal door that brought him into the dimension of fantasy filled with nations, races and mythical creatures that had only been found in fairy tales.
Reno's travel story is certainly not as beautiful as the scenery he found in his adventure exploring the astral lands.
The Youth must be able to survive in the hegemony which glorifies the power of antiquity "where strong seek the weak".
Reno gained extraordinary powers including exploring the new world called "Land of the Astral" with his new abilities.
The astral land is a fantasy world where not only is the power highly glorified but also full of mythical beings and colossal views.
This new world then invites the young man to adventure in a mystical realm filled with kingdoms, sects and mystical races and legendary.
Reno's journey in exploring this new world is full of stories of mystery, romance, battle, and power struggles, including the fact that he is part of the human race which is categorized as the strongest and most feared race in the astral legend.
How will Reno's journey of exploring the astral lands end? What is Reno's love story? How will the strength of Reno which is included in the category of the astral class of human race bring itself to power in the astral land? Will the life of Reno in the real world change after penetrating the astral land? Astral Land is a series of fictional novels that will provide different readings from other Indonesian novels.