Stephen Cooper

Chasing the Light Stephen Cooper

Chasing the Light is an action adventure, romantic comedy with a unique sci-fi twist. But once the characters reach the refuge of the high Sierras, it becomes a heartwarming journey of discovery. Michelle Rousseau is a very intelligent research scientists who has developed an advanced Virtual Reality system that can be used in the real world. Tom Bryant is a nature photographer who spends weeks at a time immersed the wilderness of the high Sierras. Alvin is a sentient being from another world who explores the galaxy by beaming a virtual version of himself and his entire civilization by stages to likely planets that might have intelligent life. When he arrives on earth his transmission is so immense that he ends up scattered all over the World Wide Web in millions of computers, causing havoc to businesses, governments, and law enforcement agencies. By a chance meeting Alvin is able to contact Tom through Michelle's VR glasses and tells him what happened. Michelle helps him build an advanced computer so he can retrieve the rest of himself before they are caught by the military and dozens of other agencies trying to find the one responsible for a looming world wide disaster. But if Alvin is detained or disconnected from the web, another transmission, much more powerful than the one he came in on, will disable most of the computers on the planet. They reach the refuge of the high Sierras, where Alvin can use a satellite dish to access the Web, while Tom and Michelle go on a lot of personal adventures, trying to hide in a remote wilderness. Alvin is intensely curious about earth, and asks a lot of innocent questions about love and human relationships. Michelle had been hurt in a lot of her relationships and has a hard time trusting anyone. She is a beautiful woman, but her beauty had always been a handicap for her in the business world. Men saw her as a trophy, something to conquer and posses. Tom is a passionate artist who loves the outdoors. He spends most of their tim