Title: The One Part
Author: Justine Avery
Genre: Paranormal
Only one obstacle stands in his way of enjoying a normal life.
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 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?
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.
Life as he knows it—as all know it—is in peril. And Tres is the only one aware.
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.
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.
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.
Avery loves to connect with fellow readers and creatives, explorers and imaginers, and cordially
invites you to say “hello”—or
konnichiwa.
Find Justine Avery:
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~ Book Excerpt ~
Tres felt his body abruptly drop around him with overbearing weight, encapsulating him
once again.
The mental images, the overpowering memories, finally faded. Only an ominous stillness
remained.
Every cell within him began to twitch, infusing with energy—even as he felt immobile.
Every joint, tendon, and bone ached under the pressure of being alive.
A deep sadness engulfed him. He pondered possible reasons. And, just as quickly, he
was distracted by the presence of his own simple thoughts.
Thoughts. He realized his own thinking.
This mind—certain of its own newness—desired to explore, feel, do, be. Tres opened his
eyes—tried to open his eyes. He found his eyelids fused shut.
He opened his mouth. Thick, warm syrup seeped inside his swallow. Intense fear
washed over him, even as he knew exactly where—and how—he was.
Oh, no.
Tres was aware, more aware than any had ever been. In this moment, he knew
everything—and yet, nothing.
He was
beginning again.
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