After Ashley killed Cooper she told her mother she was pregnant with his child. Her mom told her she couldn't live with her anymore and kicked her out. She left the house and ended up in Bakersfield, California, where she set up her new life. After a few months, she gave birth to a son named Jackson and this book is about his story from birth to adulthood. He inherits some of the deep physiological problems his mother and father each possessed. He appears to be normal in every way except that he has no remorse about killing people he feels deserves to die.