Just in Case

"A doomed youth" is a commond sentiment in this book for David Case. One day when he was in charge of his toddler brother, Charlie, when it happened. Charlie decided he could fly and was perched on the windowsill about to dive. David just barely rescues his brother from a catastrophic fall. David found at that moment that Fate was out to get him. Sited of feeling relived or happy to save his baby brother from his deadly fall, he sees blood shed, the demise of the planet, the ruin of the human race.

David decides Fate is pursuing him. He's right. As the story goes on he's determined to out run fate. He changes his name to Justin, changes how he talks, runs, personality, and even his wardrobe to escape fate. He meets a girl named Agnes, a photographer, at a second hand shop, who sees potential in Justin as a model. For awhile, he escapes Fate and his life improves. He meets a new friend at school, a calm genius named Peter. He begins to run cross country and finds comfort in the rhythm of outrunning Fate. And, an invisible greyhound, Boy, adopts him.

But then Fate's begins to speak to him and Justin's life takes a turn for the worst. He stops going to school, he begins living with Agnes and never leaves the apartment. He begins to experience things that everyone seems not to see or under stand. His alone, with fate determined to take everything.

"Just in Case" is such a powerful novel because, as a reader, you just don't know what to think. Is Justin crazy? Is Fate really out to get him? This novel is utterly unique