A hundred thousand worlds
By: Bob Proehl
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780399562211; 9780399562228
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Actresses; Mothers and sons; Fans (Persons); Automobile travel; Science fiction television programs; Congresses and conventions; Fiction
Other titles: 100 thousand worlds
Description: In this debut novel we follow actress Valerie Torrey - who took her son Alex and fled Los Angeles, leaving her husband after a spectacular tragedy blew their small family apart. Six years later, Val must reunite 9-year-old Alex with his estranged father, so they set out on a road trip from New York. 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.

Actress Valerie Torrey and her husband were costars on a cult sci-fi tv show. After a tragedy blew their family apart she took their son Alex and fled Los Angeles. Six years later Val must reunite Alex with his estranged father as the three set out on a road trip from New York, making appearences at comic book conventions. For Alex this trip is magical, 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.