A Hundred Thousand Worlds A Novel [Paperback]

Equal parts great American road-trip narrative and coming-of-age novel, this brilliant story from a debut novelist is a treat for the diehard nerds and fans among us.  
-Refinery29

Valerie Torrey took her son, Alex, and fled Los Angeles six years ago--leaving both her role on a cult sci-fi TV show and her costar husband after a tragedy blew their small family apart. Now Val must reunite nine-year-old Alex with his estranged father, so they set out on a road trip from New York, Val making appearances at comic book conventions along the way. 

As they travel west, encountering superheroes, monsters, time travelers, and robots, Val and Alex are drawn into the orbit of the comic-con regulars. For Alex, this world is a magical place where fiction becomes reality, but as they get closer to their destination, he begins to realize that the story his mother is telling him about their journey might have a very different ending than he imagined.

A knowing and affectionate portrait of the pleasures and perils of fandom, A Hundred Thousand Worlds is also a tribute to the fierce and complicated love between a mother and son--and to the way the stories we create come to shape us. With enthralling characters and tons of heart, this read (much like a good con) has something for everyone.
—Bustle

A perfect summer read for the Comic-Con crowd . . . Anybody up on superheroes and X-Files will have a lot to love here.
—USA Today

Comic-Con age's definitive novel about a road trip through geek culture.
—The Wall Street Journal, Speakeasy Podcast

Anyone who is a geek or a parent of a geek should read this novel. In these interesting times . . . books like A Hundred Thousand Worlds are doing the work of navigating a new reality, where work, family, and adulthood are all being redefined.
—Tor.com

Who doesn’t like a good origin story? This delightful novel has a dozen olãÞ