Freelance artist and author Jesse Michael Renaud spends most of his time poking and prodding around the corners of the universe to establish where it ends and others begin. He also conducts tests at his home to determine whether obsessive-compulsive disorder can be used to the benefit of mankind.

Jesse maintains several online galleries of artwork, photography, and writing, and the results of his experiments are posted at jessemichaelrenaud.com.

The Book of One is the first of his graphic novels.

He found himself without a friend in the world; he was just a boy.

The Book of One is a scrap-paper chronicle of a boy's journey to reconcile his sharp-edged reality with the unspoiled world of his imagination. His path takes him from the storm-clutched city to the cabin on the hill, from the lull of his dreams through the slow stretch of time. It is a simple story of innocence, longing, and self-discovery.

And like pages torn from a book and scattered by the wind, this is all that remains....