Best friends Hud and Jack, AKA the Maniac, have the usual teenage worries of bullies, weird teachers, and an accidental girlfriend, but when they uncover an alien Personal Transportation Platform in a Kentucky cave, everything changes. They suddenly have the means to explore the galaxy, see strange worlds and still get home in time for dinner!It was supposed to be an adventure... but their secret comes at a terrible cost. Thrust into circumstances they never intended, they must save aliens, save the universe, and save the world that is no longer their own!ME and the MANIAC in Outer Space is the longest duration coming of age story ever written!