WALTER MALICIOUS!

WALTER MALICIOUS!

SOME SECRETS ARE A SLOW POISON, while others are a death sentence. Young and arrogantly idealistic Edward Allen thinks he understands the world, but when he crosses paths with enigmatic retired cattleman Walter Caine he unknowingly enters a psychological cat-and-mouse game a long time in the making. Bound by a shared, insufferable pride, the two men form an immediate and intense bond-a "fast friendship" that masks a growing atmosphere of menace.

WALTER IS A MAN BUILT ON SHADOWS. As he begins to peel back the layers of his unusually wild and disturbing childhood, Edward becomes obsessed with the darkness lurking just out of reach. To coax out the truth, Edward offers a pledge of absolute confidentiality-a promise that grants Walter the freedom to finally speak the unspoken, but when Walter finally unburies his darkest exploits, the horror of his past shatters Edward's idealism.

FACED WITH THE UNTHINKABLE TRUTH, Edward realizes that his promise of silence has made him an accomplice to something far more sinister than he imagined. His attempt to break their pact triggers a vicious retaliation from Walter, igniting a war of psychological attrition that will drive both men toward total ruin.

EDWARD MAY HAVE UNMASKED A MONSTER, but in the process, he has become part of a shattering "how" and "why" that ensures no one escapes unscathed.

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