Stray and the Hole in the Stars

Sandy has a problem. Aside from the cancer. No one on campus believes he saw the ghost building. And why would they? As legends go, it’s a stupid one, no one really believes the Old Admin building vanished in the 70s, and whatever Sandy saw was right after he restarted chemo. Clearly, he was hallucinating. That would explain it. What it doesn’t explain is the postcard he found in his dorm room the night the building reappeared, or why the girl on the postcard looks exactly like the barista down at the Hub. You know, the one he’s in love with. It turns out she’s a hopjockey, a cross-world troublemaker, and she’s been looking for him. Or rather, for who she thinks he is. She’s mistaken him for Garrett, Sandy’s genius roommate, this generation’s Einstein, and needs his help reading a map beyond all comprehension. Weighing his heart against the truth, and not wanting to miss what may be his only real chance at adventure, Sandy does what anyone might do in that situation. And as a result, triggers a series of events that will ultimately destroy the campus. A science-fantasy romp across space, time, myth, and reality, Hopjockey is a story of impending doom, unrequited love, and impostor syndrome, so basically, college.