VJ Frank was a blessing. To Marsha he was the longed-for second son. To her husband, Dr Victor Frank, he was more: a son to be proud of and a boy who would stand by his father, helping to push forward the boundaries of modern biological science.
But VJ was not a normal boy. Something had happened to him. Something unspeakable. Something that turned a quiet ten year old into an uncontrollable genius.
Such genius has a deadly price. First, three deaths from a rare and virulent cancer. Then two young children dying as their brains exploded within the unbreakable confines of their skulls.
In creating the son of his dreams, Victor had unleashed the ultimate nightmare . . .
