A tornado sweeps through an area of the deep Midwest and snatches up a teenage soldier, Charlie Bradshaw, who's hurled into space-time and ends up 21 years later, on the West Coast, off San Francisco. He's found on a beach, alive but unconscious, with his uniform on but no ID. As he emerges from a 3-day coma, he has a vision and prediction of another disaster, a big earthquake. But he doesn't know he's on TV camera. Of course he's not aware of the different place and times. There are many other things he's still unaware of, especially about himself...
Written in a straight, very cinematic style, "Charlie's Trips" is a futuristic and malicious version of The Wizard of OZ, a dark tale for young adults featuring a new kind of character, a lost teenager with unusual powers and disabilities. Enjoy...