Game Night meets Black Mirror in this speculative thriller about a man who must save his family from a VR game he helped create after it becomes infected with malware. Perfect for fans of John Marrs, Sarah Moorhead and Eve Smith.
Hal Ashton has spent years developing the most anticipated video game of all time. In TAP - Total Altered Perception - players can live out their fantasies in a fully immersive virtual reality simulation. With the deadline only weeks away, it's the last chance to save his career. But the game still isn't perfect.
He's been warned against amending the source code, yet it's the only way he can achieve total immersion, where players won't realise they're in a game at all. He just needs to conduct a final test off the books, and for that he needs willing volunteers: his family.
As Hal's frustrated wife Scarlett, awkward son Grayson and golden girl Olivia enter TAP, sinister glitches appear, twisting their dreams into living nightmares from which they cannot escape. Hal realises the only way to rescue them is to enter their games as another player. Can any of them find their way back to reality - and will they want to?
Mind Game explores the dangers of technology, the dividing line between reality and fantasy - and how far you would go to save your family. Andrew Ewart (Author)
Andrew Ewart was born in 1983 in Chester, a city bookended by the Romans and Hollyoaks. After leaving school he taught English in Denmark, where he learned the meaning of 'hygge' before it became the subject of a thousand lifestyle articles. He was a runner-up in the ITV Be A Bestseller competition and is the author of two published speculative thrillers, Forget Me and Replace You. He lives in St Albans with his wife and daughter.
David Arlo (Author)
David Arlo is a multi-hyphenate and the co-founder of No Ordinary. The recording artist, songwriter, actor, writer, director, and executive producer, who is signed to Arista/Sony Music US, has worked with high-profile producers and creatives. He is a versatile, vital, and visionary creator who tells stories through various media. Damien Ike and the Fallen House of Draven is his debut work of fiction.
A speculative thriller about the dangers of technology, the dividing line between reality and fantasy - and how far you would go to save your family. ON-TREND: Black Mirror remains popular as people explore their place in an increasingly technological world. Universal themes of work/life balance, relationships, technology and invasion of privacy, and escapism make this a timely subject to explore within a pacy commercial thriller EXPERIENCED AUTHORS: David Arlo, musician and founder of production company No Ordinary, has co-authored a children's fiction project with Hot Key, while Andrew Ewart has penned speculative thrillers in the past. In this project, they combine their ideas seamlessly
