Sometimes extraordinary stories have ordinary beginnings. Anthony and Emily are in their senior year at Westgate High School in the small city of Westgate. Like many teenagers, they dream of leaving their hometown and living a life of adventure. Dreams of Leaving Westgate is a coming-of-age sci-fi inspired debut novel that chronicles their everyday and larger-than-life adventures, including alongside other friends. This is a novel with unexpected moments of humor, allegedly even on the subjects of AI and time travel. How far will they get out of town? Maybe what they say is true after all: anything is possible. "Do you want to get out of Westgate?", I asked her. "Oh, absolutely . When shall we leave? Tomorrow?", she replied. I smiled. "You really are about living a life of adventure, aren't you?", I asked. "Ah, you know me so well, love. Whatever happens next, I want it to be an adventure. Whether it's college. Or starting a business. Or something else entirely. I'll only be happy if it's some kind of adventure . What about you, dear? Do you also long for a life of adventure?" I hadn't given the subject much thought before. "That does sound better than a life of no adventure..."