Gage Chandler is descended from kings。 That's what his mother always told him。

Now， he is a true crime writer， with one grisly success--and movie adaptation--to his name， along with a series of subsequent lesser efforts that have paid the bills but not much more。 But now he is being offered the chance for the big break: To move into the house--what the locals call "The Devil House"--in which a briefly notorious pair of murders occurred， apparently the work of disaffected 1980s teens。 He begins his research with diligence and enthusiasm， but soon the story leads him into a puzzle he never expected--back into his own work and what it means， back to the very core of what he does and who he is。