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.
