Recently I started a new series called Adolf in AI, now the second volume is out on Kindle.

This second volume traces Adolf’s transformation from a restless boy into a dreamer caught between failure and idealism. School becomes his battleground—once a place of pride, now a symbol of rebellion. His grades fall, his teachers lose patience, and by the time he leaves, the bright future once imagined for him has faded. Yet from that loss comes a strange kind of freedom.

In the quiet streets of Linz, he finds companionship in August Kubizek, a kindred spirit who shares his passion for art, music, and grand visions of destiny. Together they wander, debate, and imagine the lives they’ll lead beyond their small provincial town. Their friendship becomes the anchor in Adolf’s uncertain world.

But the heart of these years lies in his silent affection for Stefanie, a Jewish girl. He sees her only a handful of times, yet each meeting leaves an impression that lingers. She becomes an unseen muse, a symbol of grace and possibility, inspiring his sketches and driving his desire to persue music.

As his artistic inclinations deepen, he begins learning piano, pouring himself into music as he once did with drawing. These new arts offer him escape and purpose—until life intervenes once more. His mother, Klara, falls ill with a mysterious lump in her breast. Even as he clings to hope, the shadow of her sickness threatens to undo everything he’s begun to build.

By the end of 1907, the world he thought he was beginning to understand feels fragile again—caught between inspiration and loss, between the beauty of his dreams and the painful reality closing in around him.

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