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The Aberrant Trilogy: The Kindness of Monsters
Paperback
Series: Aberrant Trilogy, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 3 2025
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Sometimes the kindest faces hide the darkest designs.
When a boy survives years of cruelty, the world tells him to forgive.
When he grows up, it tells him to forget.
Ethan Cole does neither.
Years after being tormented in the hallways of Crestfield High, Ethan builds a perfect adult life - devoted husband, loving father, quiet neighbor. But beneath the surface, old wounds never healed. They adapted.
When one of his former tormentors turns up dead, Detective Mara Vale sees patterns in the calm. Every clue points to someone who understands pain, ritual, and precision. Someone who kills not out of rage but out of balance.
And as she closes in, she begins to wonder if Ethan's story is one of revenge - or of mercy taken too far.
A chilling psychological thriller about trauma, transformation, and the lies we tell to call ourselves good.
Perfect for readers of You, The Silent Patient, and Dexter, The Kindness of Monsters explores how cruelty is learned, disguised, and finally unleashed in the name of kindness.
What you'll find inside:
A deeply human origin story of vengeance and control
A detective's descent into empathy with her suspect
A slow-burn portrait of how love, fear, and justice blur together
He learned kindness from monsters.
Now he's teaching the world what that really means.
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