Tom Matherson is a citizen of the great United States of America, a cultural mosaic where all are equal, but some, like elves, are more equal than others, and others, like orcs, aren’t equal at all. When Tom planned a road trip with his girlfriend, he didn’t intend to help a lonely dwarf with her quest for Mr. Right, and he certainly didn’t intend to chauffeur an orc, thwart terrorist plots, or make any attempts to save the President. But sometimes in life you have to roll with the punches, especially when the one throwing them is three hundred pounds of green muscle.