Joe is an imaginative young kid of 11 who happens to suffer from Type 1 diabetes Without supervision & insulin he can easily slip into a delirious disassociative state that presages coma & death One fateful day his condition causes him to believe he has entered a vivid fantasy world in which he is the lost savior
- a fantastic land based on the layout & contents of his home His desperate attempts to make it out of his bedroom & down the mountainous stairs to find food switch the lights on & answer the phone to his mother transform into an incredible epic quest adventure through a bizarre landscape of submarine pirate dwarves evil Hell Hounds Lightning Lords & besieged castles; a landscape which allows him to work out his own & his family's problems