The Dreamland in a Sphere Called Earth

By MA Mercier

A fascinatingly normal day bursts into action as the Danby's win their first ever lottery. The lottery's prize is surprisingly high , and also a chance to inaugurate a supermarket. This is really unheard of. But they didn't care. The Danby's are then lured into a strange land through some peculiar pills, this is troubling, and now , Rigel is in a dilemma . The dilemma makes him make awfully good choices and he paves his way out of the Dreamland. But , it isn't over yet. He is having a yet more confusing lot of options coming his way, and he has to decide quickly in order to do what's needed of him. This is a story of choices, a story of decisions and a story of their results.

• Language: English
• Publisher: MA Mercier
• Release date: Aug 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463883334

MA Mercier

M.A. Mercier is a student, aged sixteen years, who is constantly in search of a new challenge and has two passions, literature and football. Literature fascinates him not only by expressions and stories, but the way it expresses itself nonchalantly, the way it always makes us think about it, and then just smile at its gigantism. He hopes his words manage to bring about a smile at the readers' face.

Book preview

CHAPTER I

Rigel was sitting in the memorial library skimming through the latest biotechnology bestseller when a shadow appeared over the book.

‘It’s time Rigel‘

   ’Already?, It’s only… ‘ He stopped short after he glanced at his watch.

   ‘ So, what are you reading ?’

   ‘ Nothing specific ,  bits of many basics , to get a topic for  research.’

   ‘Okay , now,  Let’s be off or the curator will blow me ’ He warned.

   ‘ OK Winston ‘

They paced their way out of the library and Winston locked it , remembering his head’s reaction when he forgot to.

Five miles from there Rigel’s mother was in utter amazement. She called Arthur who picked up the phone and  silence followed. Arthur did not ask anything and Mary did not have anything to say and pprecizely at that moment, Rigel  entered and said ‘I’m back‘ . Hearing Rigel’s voice , the deep voice    said , ’ Oh! It’s you Rigel.‘

’ No it’s me, Mary, I want to give you an important information, do you remember the lucky draw we participated last week’, said the gaunt woman in real command.

‘Let me guess , we lost , oh I knew it, now hang up I have work to do.’, The sleek man blurted out.

‘ You’re wrong there Arthur Danby, we have won, and the prize is 20,000 Pounds and a chance to inaugurate the Ashley Supermarket‘

’Are you sssserrious‘.

‘ Yes and don’t you dare stutter here after’

‘ Anything Mary, anything‘

By that time Rigel was already in his dreams and his room .Mr. and Mrs. Danby were impecunious and  did not own much of the fortunes  other people did.They were the finest example of an average family . Not too rich , not too poor , not too stereotypical , nor too advanced,  and also, they participated in every lucky draw possible .It was yet another lucky draw in which they had participated and this time , they had  won.Though it seemed an unusually high reward, they just didn’t care.

Next day , Rigel told Sam about it while they were moving to the memorial library from their college. Sam looked skeptical and said ‘ What?! They are giving you 20000 Bucks for being lucky, I don’t believe it, I just want you to be careful Rigel.’ ’ yeah' and he threw himself into the book while people came and went, Sam  bid him goodbye and he didn’t even wave and there  came Winston, again.

CHAPTER II

Rigel Danby incoming. Elite biotech student. In as salesman . Father Arthur , Mother Mary. If you know the way out, answer. Did you do it? John.

He showed the faintest of smiles and called for Thomas. I can finish it now.

CHAPTER III

‘ wake up Rigel‘

‘It’s Sunday, mom’

‘ Don’t you remember the inauguration, it’s in under an hour now.’

He didn’t reply, he got off and rushed to the bathroom and after a dozen minutes , they were in the cab , hoping to have the time of their lifetime