Chaos sweeps into a small fishing village like a summer storm in this crime story about vengeance and violence. Curtis Evan Ware had a difficult childhood with two addicts for parents. As a teen, Curtis acted out, which culminated in the botched robbery of a cocaine dealer. His subsequent stay in juvenile detention traumatized him and motivated him to grow long fingernails to use in self-defense. After multiple crimes and jail time, Curtis moves to sleepy little Riverside, Maine, to begin scamming a new set of victims. Ace Gordon has a near-perfect childhood. At the age of nine, the young boy has a close family, great friends, and a fun paper route. That is, until, he meets the monster Curtis has become. When Ace unknowingly upsets the long-nailed man, he becomes an object of hate and obsession. Ace and his friends must keep their wits about them to survive the clawed stalker and his twisted games. This revised edition of John C. Lukegord's crime thriller contains deeper psychological insights into his titular character and new illustrations of the action. You will step inside the mind of a deranged man and see the havoc he wreaks on an unsuspecting town.