I'm scum. Yes, I always have been. . . . I know what I did, and what I
should have done.
A spellbinding and provocative psychological thriller that shows just
how far a man will go to win the most enduring and ruthless of games:
the game of power.
Raised in the upper echelons of elite New York society, Thomas Spencer
has never wanted for much. But much is hardly enough for a man whose
greatest satisfaction lies in shattering the happiness of others.
Thomas, the black sheep of his family, harbors only resentment toward
those closest to him for what they have more of: good looks, good cheer,
good social graces. But what Thomas may lack in charm, he makes up for
in cunning. And it is this that will serve him best when he trades in
his glittering world of privilege for a chance to claw his way to the
top--on his own terms, and at any cost. As Thomas achieves fame and
success as an ad man, he becomes ever more deeply entrenched in an
insidious underworld of media, politics, and women, and an astonishing
picture emerges of a complex, destructive personality who will stop at
nothing to get what he wants. Shameless and electrifying, Story of a
Sociopath illuminates the true nature of power through the mind of a
master psychological manipulator.
