Raised within the confines of a system that has done nothing but provide him with pain Alex Hamilton's frustration and anger are completely natural--and inherently dangerous. Since his parents split up Alex has been constantly running from foster homes and institutions yearning to be with his father a broken man who cannot give his son the home he desperately needs. The only constant in Alex's life is no-good criminally-minded peers who are all too ready to plant illegal ideas in an intelligent mind. Bunker writes "His unique potential would develop into unique destructiveness."