Seeking Refuge

The year is 2060, and two boys in different parts of the world are facing very different problems. Elijah Walker has thrown himself into the VirtuWorld since the accident that changed his life, spending his days sitting in his wheelchair with a VR headset and gloves, immersed in hyperrealistic virtual reality games. One day he is approached by two mysterious men from the UK Home Office with an offer he can't refuse. Hakeem Abubakar is a young boy in Northern Nigeria who begins to dream of a world beyond heat and desperation. He sets off north through the Sahara Desert with a close friend, but does not foresee the odyssey of trials and tribulations which awaits them. Seeking refuge is a story of migration, movement, neuroscience, disability and human nature. The author, Femi Nylander, is an award-winning filmmaker, actor, poet, musician, and author. His work touches on themes of migration and language, the impact of science on politics, and the ever-shifting enigma of human nature.