THE QUEEN OF DYSTOPIA

Drama | Crime | Mystery

Written by Tina Field Howe

Logline: After a novelist's psychopathic twin kidnaps her with plans to assume her life, she plots to escape and save the life of her unborn child with the aid of the heroine from her books.

Synopsis: CLAUDINE VANDUSEN, author of The Queen of Dystopia book series, desires to escape the control of husband/manager, GREG PARKER, and quit writing the books she’s lost passion for. Psychotic MARTHA HODGE kidnaps Claudine and imprisons her on her farm. Martha proves they’re twins but she was tortured by her adoptive parents while Claudine lived a life of privilege. Now it’s payback time. Martha forces Claudine to write the next book using her ideas − or die. But Claudine resists and Martha tortures her.

After weeks with no word from Claudine, Greg tracks her to Martha’s farm where, imitating Claudine, she seduces and kills him. Claudine begs her book’s bold character LUCINDA to help her escape. Martha tires of Claudine's attempts and is about to execute her when she claims she’s pregnant. To her surprise, she is! Martha becomes obsessed with becoming mother to Claudine’s baby and after it’s born will end Claudine’s life. Claudine finally escapes and Martha tries to shoot her, baby or no. But Claudine outsmarts and kills her. Claudine assumes Martha’s life and begins the next book. She has no clue where Greg is. Or does she?