A Universe Less Traveled - by Eric Von Schrader (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>A man suffering a midlife business crisis stumbles into an alternate version of St. Louis. At first, his visits are the most fun he's had in years, then they become an obsession that upends his life, his family, and his entire world.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>What if there were another world, almost like ours, but not quite? It brushes up against us, like the tail end of a dream, but stays just barely out of reach.</p>What if you found a way to go there?</p>Billy Boustany stumbles upon the ability to slip into a surprising new version of his sleepy midwestern city. He begins a journey that is most fun he's had in years. Then it turns into an obsession that upends his life, his family, and everything he knows.</p><em>A Universe Less Traveled</em> tells Billy's story, framed by tales of other accidental travelers to this mysterious city, and provides a glimpse into an alternate history of the twentieth century.</p>Looking for an escape from the troubles of his failing business, Billy discovers a teeming metropolis with iridescent skyscrapers and throngs of immigrants and tourists from all over the world. As he explores, he meets peculiar allies and experiences raucous celebrations. Billy questions his sanity as he struggles to make sense of this bizarre world. Though he fears screwing up his adventure, he lets his college student daughter in on the secret. Together they go further into this amazing place, until they reach the ultimate destination, a magnificent city of Native Americans that has sprung up at an ancient site. There she begins a relationship with a handsome young man with a startling plan.</p>Billy also meets a formidable enemy - the Knights, a shadowy organization with a mission to keep people like him out of their world. They reveal how the two worlds diverged a century ago and warn him to stay away at all costs.</p>When his daughter disappears at the hands of the Knights, Billy and his wife go on a frantic search to find her in the other city. It leads to heartbreak, then to a new beginning.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>An enjoyable, gentle fantasy that gives new meaning to the phrase "Spirit of St. Louis."-Kirkus Reviews</p></p>"I read <em>A Universe Less Traveled </em>in two days, which I never do. It's an intriguing novel of ideas and a lively adventure yarn as well, told in a brisk, readable style." - David Carkeet, author of <em>I Been There Before, The Full Catastrophe</em> and other novels</p><br></p>"What if there existed a better, more successful, happier St. Louis than the one we know? A place where men wear shorts in the summer, a place where people sometimes break into song and street parties are a must-see for the tourists who flock to St Louis from all over the world. What would a visitor from our St. Louis think of that St. Louis - and what would the people of that St. Louis think of us? It's hard to come up with original ideas, but Eric von Schrader has done it. A wistful take on our continuing angst of what we might have been." - Bill McClellan, <em>St. Louis Post-Dispatch</em></p><br></p><em></em>"There have been many tales of parallel worlds, but few have offered this much heart, imagination, and good old-fashioned storytelling fun." - Steve Pick, Co-author of <em>St. Louis Sound: An Illustrated Timeline</em></p><br></p>"For St. Louis sci-fi buffs, 'A Universe Less Traveled' amounts to Must Reading - and then some. Eric von Schrader's St. Louis is actually two</em> cities - the one that we all know and then the other. It's an idyllic place, with splendid architecture, a booming economy and a rapidly growing population of people content with their lot. The two cities somehow exist at the same time, each unbeknown to the other. Except for a few people, and they form the basis of von Schrader's saga. Principal among them is Billy Boustany, who owns of string of poorly performing appliance stores in our city and its suburbs. One day, by accident, he manages to cross into the Other St. Louis, where he marvels at its wonders. His back-and-forthing between the two versions of St. Louis makes up much of this tale's complicated plot."-St. Louis Post Dispatch</p><br></p><br>
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