Lamees Alhassar

Planet Mandar Lamees Alhassar

Johnny Foot is a depressed and lonely man. He seems to fall into one calamity after another; missed appointments, a broken laptop, traffic tickets, dashed expectations in his romantic life... His only goal in life is to be recognized as a great writer. When Johnny's neighborhood is flooded by torrential rain, a box is washed up in his driveway. Once he pries it open, he discovers an ancient book, along with a quill pen and a bottle of ink. The book is made up of mostly blank pages, but there is a beginning of a story; a story about a planet called Mandar, located in a universe he never heard of, where everything is perfect and everyone is happy. In his desolated state of mind, he picks up the quill pen and dips it in the ink. He starts writing, continuing the story of Mandar. But instead of the blissful existence of the previous events already written in the book, Johnny creates chaos and natural disasters; earthquakes, floods, wildfires... and even an alien invasion!Meanwhile, in the center of the universe, the actual planet, Mandar, undergoes all the tragedies Johnny is writing about. He must be stopped! The elders of the faraway planet agree. But how? Help him overcome his depression so he writes delightful stories?Or invade Earth?