With his novels, тАЬBentley Little has created nothing less than a nightmarishly brilliant tour de force of modern life in America.тАЭтАФPublishers Weekly (starred review) In Beverly Hills, a wealthy CEO goes on a bloody rampage and videotapes the slaughter. He leaves behind a chilling cryptic message...тАЬThis is where it begins.тАЭ Miles away, an alarmed mother receives an unsettling letter from her estranged husband, stained with bloody fingerprints. And all across California, children are becoming affected by a monstrous changeтАФand their parents, by a mounting fear. Social worker Carrie Daniels and reporter Brian Howells are determined to find the link between these baffling crimes. But they shouldnтАЩt look too deeply into the lives of the victims. ItтАЩs quite dark there. And God help them, they wonтАЩt like what they find.