Total Control

AUDIENCE: Teens, video-game addicts. TEASER: Imagine you could have total control over your worst enemy for five minutes. Every command whispered from your lips would be obeyed by his hands. Would you resist? Could you resist? Would YOU sell your soul for Total Control? Total Control - it's more than just a game. SUMMARY: In Total Control, our main character is troubled fifteen-year-old Tim Jacobson, also known as the GameMaster. Even as his misguided "games" go horribly wrong, we don't want him to be caught. Why not? We hate the people he's punishing just as much as he does. Tim wants to impress one of his classmates, Emma Pratt, who's his equal in both brain-power and game-playing. Tim and Emma are modern kids with major problems. Tim's mother is dying of ovarian cancer; miracle cures are nowhere in sight. Em's father left the house one day and never came back. She's gradually uncovering the reasons why, and all of her discoveries are painful ones. VIDEO-GAME TIE-IN: Like the novel, the video game that our heroes love is named Total Control. Imagine you could have total control over your worst enemy for five minutes. Every command whispered from your lips would be obeyed by his hands. Would you resist? Could you resist? WEBSITE: www.LeeSmyth.com