A young boy flees a desperate situation and finds a new home, a new family and epic interplanetary adventure. Set in a post-war 24th century America, 13-year-old Charlie runs away from his abusive uncle, following an old road he hopes will lead him to the ocean. Along the way he's joined by a lost dog, Katie, and fights for survival in the wastelands. When Charlie reaches the end of the road, he discovers the thriving and technologically advanced city of Arcadia, where he saves the life of head-strong Becca Kiel, after her illicit journey through a wormhole lands her in the middle of a busy street. Charlie settles into a new life, and his friendship with Becca grows, until their destinies become intertwined as they dream of finding a new home for humanity, somewhere among the stars.

Ronald McGuire is a multi-genre writer, known for his work as a novelist, essayist, scriptwriter, and journalist. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in various outlets including Flash Fiction Magazine, Drunk Monkeys, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Winning Writers, and CNN.com. McGuire's work has earned recognition in several writing competitions, including being a finalist in the ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition, The Launch Pad Prose Competition, the Writer's Digest Short-Short Story Competition, and the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest.