The Birth of Evil is a prequel to later books, set many years before the present day. Encompassing the first twenty-three years of notorious serial killer William Pierre Malakoff's life, The Birth of Evil depicts Will's attempts to overcome the addictions of his past and the darkness rooted in abuse by cruel fathers and negligent mothers.Then Will meets René Picardi--together, they are two lost souls, broken, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. While their relationships, which are tinged by abuse, addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the years, they are held together by René's unending and eternal devotion to Will, a man scarred by unspeakable trauma, all while leading up to a devastating conclusion.The Birth of Evil is a horribly beautiful dive into the darkest depths of humanity, from which all evil comes, and to which it shall return.