Aidan Wilson (13) spends most of his time lost in books on String Theory. His complete obsession with advanced physics alienates him from the other students and constantly pushes him further into his shell. For Aidan, this branch of Quantum Mechanics is both his shelter and cage from the rest of the world. His strange and awkward behavior at the small town school threatens his father’s (Paul) precarious teaching position; and though he does not understand his brilliant son, he tries in an effort to stay close.

While driving to school, overworked Paul falls asleep at the wheel, the tiny Firefly veers into an on-coming logging truck, Aidan tries to steer the car away but a head on collision is unavoidable. Moments before the crash Aidan completes a design for cross-dimensional travel and his equations come to life, exploding around them. Mysteriously both Aidan and his sister Ella survive the crash, but Paul does not. Aidan’s life is forever changed.

Aidan cannot remember much of what happened nor the particulars of his theory. A PSI character burnt into the palm of his hand at the instant of the crash is a constant reminder that his father might exist in a parallel universe he created but can no longer access. Driven by guilt and guided by his obsession with string theory, Aidan is determined to rediscover and improve his theory.

With a mix of fantasy and adventure, “Aidan Wilson and the Theory of Everything” is an entertaining and powerful story about one boy’s search for the truth, and the enlightening concept that alternate dimensions may be possible through physics.