The One Apart by Justine Avery - Book Tour + Giveaway
The One Apart
by Justine Avery
Genre:Fantasy, Supernatural Thriller
Only one obstacle stands in his way of enjoying a normal life.
He remembers—every life he's lived before.
He remembers—every life he's lived before.
Tres is about to be born... with the biggest burden any has ever had to bear.
He is beginning again—as an ageless adult trapped in an infant body.
He is beginning again—as an ageless adult trapped in an infant body.
He and his teenage mother face life
filled with extraordinary challenges as they strive to protect,
nurture, and hide how truly different he is. But Tres alone must
solve the greatest mystery of all: who is he? The answer is linked to
the one question he's too afraid to ask: why am I?
filled with extraordinary challenges as they strive to protect,
nurture, and hide how truly different he is. But Tres alone must
solve the greatest mystery of all: who is he? The answer is linked to
the one question he's too afraid to ask: why am I?
In his quest, Tres discovers that all
is considerably more interconnected and dynamic than he could ever
imagine—and fraught with far more danger. He cannot hide from the
unseen threat stalking him since his birth.
is considerably more interconnected and dynamic than he could ever
imagine—and fraught with far more danger. He cannot hide from the
unseen threat stalking him since his birth.
Life as he knows it—as all know it—is
in peril. And Tres is the only one aware.
in peril. And Tres is the only one aware.
“He
needs a name,” Maria said, pouring scrambled eggs onto the plate decorated with
a face of bacon strips.
Sancha
stared at her plate. “He has one,”
she said.
The
hot iron skillet slipped from Maria’s hand; she sighed her relief as it landing
safely on the stove burner. “What... did you decide?”
“I
didn’t.” Sancha prodded at her eggs, recovering her bacon art one eye at a
time.
“I
thought you—”
“He
has one already. I just don’t know
what it is.”
Maria’s
subconscious almost recognized the truth in the statement before it was buried
by her conscious again. “Don’t be silly. Did you choose a name? If not, I will
have—”
“No,
you will not,” Sancha ended the
conversation.
* * *
In
the fenced back yard Maria referred to as “the garden,” sat a rusting swing set
for two: Sancha’s favorite spot in the whole world. Swinging there—in and out
of the shade of the broad-reaching maple tree—seemed to slow time and shoo away
all teenage troubles.
“I
have to name you,” she called out to her bright-eyed baby resting in a basket
nestled in the grass below her. She swung her pale legs to propel herself
higher into the morning sunlight, her glittering hair swirling around her. “But
you won’t tell me what yours is,” she pouted.
Her
polka-dotted summer dress fluttered in the breeze as her legs scooped up
another pocket of air. “I guess you can’t,” she concluded on a downswing.
“Yet,” she shouted into the air.
Justine Avery is an award-winning author of stories large and small for all.
Born in the American Midwest and raised all over the world, she is
inherently an explorer, duly fascinated by everything around her and
excitedly noting the stories that abound all around. As an avid
reader of all genres, she weaves her own stories among them all. She
has a predilection for writing speculative fiction and story twists
and surprises she can’t even predict herself.
Born in the American Midwest and raised all over the world, she is
inherently an explorer, duly fascinated by everything around her and
excitedly noting the stories that abound all around. As an avid
reader of all genres, she weaves her own stories among them all. She
has a predilection for writing speculative fiction and story twists
and surprises she can’t even predict herself.
Avery has either lived in or explored all 50 states of the union, over 36 countries,
and all but one continent; she lost count after moving 30-some times
before the age of 20. She’s intentionally jumped out of
airplanes and off the highest bungee jump in New Zealand, scuba dived
unintentionally with sharks, designed websites, intranets, and
technical manuals, bartered with indigenous Panamanians, welded
automobile frames, observed at the Bujinkan Hombu Dojo in Noba,
Japan, and masterminded prosperous internet businesses—to name a
few adventures. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree that life has
never required, and at age 28, she sold everything she owned and quit
corporate life—and her final “job”—to freelance and travel
the world as she always dreamed of. And she’s never looked back.
and all but one continent; she lost count after moving 30-some times
before the age of 20. She’s intentionally jumped out of
airplanes and off the highest bungee jump in New Zealand, scuba dived
unintentionally with sharks, designed websites, intranets, and
technical manuals, bartered with indigenous Panamanians, welded
automobile frames, observed at the Bujinkan Hombu Dojo in Noba,
Japan, and masterminded prosperous internet businesses—to name a
few adventures. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree that life has
never required, and at age 28, she sold everything she owned and quit
corporate life—and her final “job”—to freelance and travel
the world as she always dreamed of. And she’s never looked back.
Aside from her native English, Avery speaks a bit of Japanese and a bit more
Spanish, her accent is an ever-evolving mixture of Midwestern
American with notes of the Deep South and indiscriminate British
vocabulary and rhythm, and she says “eh”—like the Kiwis, not
the Canadians. She currently lives near Los Angeles with her husband,
British film director Devon Avery, and their three adopted children:
Becks, Sam, and Lia. She writes from wherever her curiosity takes
her.
Spanish, her accent is an ever-evolving mixture of Midwestern
American with notes of the Deep South and indiscriminate British
vocabulary and rhythm, and she says “eh”—like the Kiwis, not
the Canadians. She currently lives near Los Angeles with her husband,
British film director Devon Avery, and their three adopted children:
Becks, Sam, and Lia. She writes from wherever her curiosity takes
her.
Avery loves to connect with fellow readers and creatives, explorers and imaginers,
and cordially invites you to say “hello”—or konnichiwa.
and cordially invites you to say “hello”—or konnichiwa.
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