Second Act: A Novel of Hollywood and Silicon Valley

While Bradley Joseph strategizes how to overcome his fears and social anxiety disorder that confine him to his Silicon Valley home, a bold woman he meets on a dating app conscripts him to watch the classic film Roman Holiday. There's only one problem-Bradley is the world's premier alternate reality creator and Nicole is a technology journalist with an agenda.

After launching his latest alt-reality masterpiece that pairs dead actors with live ones, Bradley uses it to write alternate scenes f...