Fantasy feature film and novel aimed at teens to adults. Alternate modern reality, set in England. Garwin lives in a village where all residence depend on his happiness to survive. When he is attacked and stricken with a sickness he embarks on a journey to save his life. If he dies his village dies.
Inspired by the short story, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" where a utopian city only relies on the misery of one child in order to maintain its perfectly happy and prosperous existence.