After writing about some of the most high-profile crimes in recent American history — the O.J. Simpson case, the JonBenet Ramsey case, the BTK serial killer case, and the Warren Jeffs case — I wanted to go deeper into what drives human violence. I turned the lens inward, combining true crime with a personal spiritual journey that examines the roots of violence from a radically different perspective. It’s a book about healing the wounds handed down over generations — and about trying to break this chain in a way that goes far beyond conventional therapy, and about my own struggle with these issues and impulses. I explore the long-term effects of the war that shaped his father’s life (and helped shape my own), while venturing far beyond the boundaries of conventional journalism. Neither I nor the reader could have imagined where this quest would lead.