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He was always the smartest person in the room. Nobody realized how dangerous that could become. 1980. Stein is intelligent, meticulous, painfully awkward, and obsessed with the darkest chapters of history. Beneath his quiet demeanor lies a rapidly radicalizing worldview—and a conviction that he alone can deliver the justice he believes God refuses to give. Then a string of killings begins making national headlines. And suddenly, the brilliant young man sitting beside you doesn’t seem quite so ordinary anymore.