{"product_id":"sons-of-cain-a-history-of-serial-killers-from-the-stone-age-to-the-present-9780425276976","title":"Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eSerial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore the term was coined in 1981, there were no \"serial killers.\" There were only \"monsters\"--killers society first understood as werewolves, vampires, ghouls and witches or, later, Hitchcockian psychos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSons of Cain\u003c\/i\u003e--a book that fills the gap between dry academic studies and sensationalized true crime--investigative historian Peter Vronsky examines our understanding of serial killing from its prehistoric anthropological evolutionary dimensions in the pre-civilization era (c. 15,000 BC) to today. Delving further back into human history and deeper into the human psyche than \u003ci\u003eSerial Killers\u003c\/i\u003e--Vronsky's 2004 book, which has been called the definitive history of serial murder--he focuses strictly on sexual serial killers: thrill killers who engage in murder, rape, torture, cannibalism and necrophilia, as opposed to for-profit serial killers, including hit men, or \"political\" serial killers, like terrorists or genocidal murderers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese sexual serial killers differ from all other serial killers in their motives and their foundations. They are uniquely human and--as popular culture has demonstrated--uniquely fascinating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Vronsky \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of two bestselling true-crime histories: \u003ci\u003eSerial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFemale Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is an investigative historian, author, filmmaker and new media designer. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in criminal justice history and espionage in international relations.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50668997935378,"sku":"9780425276976","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e43bd66-6a6f-4da5-b678-23cd7b97bef4.jpg?v=1733754365","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sons-of-cain-a-history-of-serial-killers-from-the-stone-age-to-the-present-9780425276976","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}