The Perpetual Now

Ferguston Ontario is an angry little town full of dark secrets a place where keeping your head down is never a bad idea. Thats fine with Justin Lambert an introverted biracial 12-year-old who generally prefers books to people anyway. Against all odds Justin has found a new friend. Her name is Billie. Shes sweet precocious and a bit feisty. She also isnt human.David Raymond on the other hand is all too human. A brutal volatile thug and celebrated public nuisance he was the only person of interest ever named in the suspicious disappearance of Justins mother 10 years ago. Although he was never convicted the lingering stink of suspicion has followed him around for a decade and he blames the Lamberts.Now Justin and his dad have stumbled upon evidence that could get the case reopened. When Raymond gets wind of this his anger is reignited and he is very good at making bad things happen.Meanwhile Justin is learning that Billie has an agenda of her own and its on a scale that defies comprehension. If Justins life is threatened--increasingly likely these days--he cant be sure if Billie will intervene on his behalf or look at him as just one of an infinite number of variables in some unimaginable cosmological equation.One way or another Justin is about to find out.