Pete Bedauern began his life as a latchkey kid in a run-down trailer park with a single mom, living on stale hot dog buns and bleak prospects. Those were the cards Fate had dealt him, and Pete was on a life path that would lead to a meaningless existence full of failure and despair. Then Pete's estranged uncle burst on the scene and punched Fate in the mouth.
Uncle Si is scarred inside and out; he's a hard drinker; painfully blunt; a little mysterious and maybe even scary, but takes an interest in his nephew that Pete's father never took. Most of Uncle Si's life is a secret, but through the part of it he shares, Pete undergoes a master course on life, love, and full-contact sports.
As it turns out, Uncle Si not only has tons of money, multiple businesses, and a fleet of fast cars, he also owns a time machine.
Paradox is one good-hearted-but-alienated boy's odyssey into manhood, and Escaping Fate is the opening leg of that journey. Before it's complete, Pete will learn the guarded secrets of history, take on a pan-continuum conspiracy, contend for a world championship, crack the code for success with women...and even save the world.
Well, one world, maybe...
