Jeremiah Hale was born a bad seed. He doesn’t know why, but at a young age he has an insatiable need to kill small animals, then larger and eventually young girls. Then he meets Henry Lanton an outsider to most, a mentor to Jeremiah. Daniel Grey, a demonic presence explains to Jeremiah one night the reasons why he is the way he is. Eventually Jeremiah finds love. Can he hold onto a normal life? A life of love and family. Or is it impossible? Will the bad seed continue to flourish within him?