A Better ParadiseA Better Paradise, a thriller by Dan Houser, offers a future where the balance between the on and offline world is disturbed by the arrival of the perfect game. For fans of Ready Player One. In Dan Houser's dystopian thriller A Better Paradise, Mark Tyburn dreams of building the perfect video game. Kurt Fischer dreams of being a rich and successful executive. Daisy Tyburn dreams of having the ideal father. John Tyburn Smith dreams of fitting in.