Emma Needell

Set in the near future, Mark Redman leads a double life: one in rural Colorado, where he takes care of his disabled cowboy father and tends to their family ranch; another in virtual reality, where he builds epic worlds and has found romance as a gay man. But the truth has a way of getting out, and when it does, will Mark be accepted for who he is?

The plot is being held under wraps, but it’s in the vein of The Jungle Book and The Wizard of Oz that centers on a young boy who travels to a fantasy world in his dreams to break away from reality.