Oscar DeHaven screwed up his life. Luckily, he s rich enough to try again. With the services of the mysterious, utopian Forever Foundation, he is reborn a century later with a new body, a new identity Jake. A lifetime before, Kate never expected love to live up to her fantasies. But there s something about Harry s ice-blue eyes that draw her in, even as she begins to see the darker shades of his true colours. The Foundation is elitist and exacting; mistakes cannot be borne.
From its cold grasp Milly rescues Faith, a baby who shouldn t exist, and sets out to redress the Foundation s legacy of suffering and sadness. Everything seems perfect except for the nightmares that wake both Faith and Jake, pursued through their dreams by a faceless evil. And there is something lurking inside of Harry, too, gathering like storm clouds, with consequences too far reaching for anyone to predict.
As six lives entwine in a web spun over decades, secrets are uncovered that invoke a timeless, troubling question: Are we defined by nature or nurture? And who says you only live once?"